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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/26/2007

Commonwealth v. Strader

Citations

  • 931 A.2d 630
  • 593 Pa. 421
  • 2007 Pa. LEXIS 1984

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  • stating that “the apparent authority exception turns on whether the facts available to police at that moment would lead a person of reasonable caution to believe the consenting third party had authority over the premises.”
  • finding officers reasonably believed occupant of apartment had apparent authority to consent to search where occupant answered door, spoke with police, stated he had authority to control who entered apartment, and agreed to let police enter
  • apparent authority does not frustrate the \enhanced notion of privacy\ embodied in art. I, § 8, of Pennsylvania Constitution
  • “A third party with apparent authority over the area to be searched may provide police with consent to search.”
  • warrantless seizure presumptively unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment subject to a few specifically established, well-delineated exceptions, such as when it is consensual, Horton v. California, 496 U.S. 128, 110 S.Ct. 2301, 110 L.Ed.2d 112 (1990)
  • warrantless seizure presumptively unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment subject to a few specifically established, well-delineated exceptions, such as when it is consensual, Horton v. California, 496 U.S. 128, 110 S.Ct. 2301, 110 L.Ed.2d 112 (1990)

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Judges: Cappy, Castille, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Baldwin

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