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The Fourth Amendment's consent to entry exception: protecting the castle from the co-tenant's consent: Georgia V. Randolph.

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In Georgia v. Randolph, the United States Supreme Court held that "a physically present co-occupant's stated refusal to permit entry prevails, rendering [a] warrantless search unreasonable and invalid as to him." (1) In Randolph, the Court attempted to draw a fine line to avoid undercutting earlier cases where the defendant was not on the premises but was in a nearby squad car (2) and where the "defendant was actually asleep in the apartment, and the police might have roused him with a knock on the door." (3) The Court drew the line by stating that "if a potential defendant with self-interest in objecting is in fact at the door and objects, the cotenant's ...

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