Police wanted to conduct a search of Larry Flintstone's home for obscene material, but a judge declined to sign papers authorizing a search warrant, citing a lack of probable cause

Question

Larry Flintstone's neighbor, Barney Frank, owned the premises that Larry Flintstone rented and that police wanted to search. If the police attempt to conduct a proper search based on consent, which, if any of the following procedures would be most likely to produce valid consent to search?
A) Where police asked Larry Flintstone's neighbor, Barney Frank, to grant consent to search since Barney Frank owned the home where Larry Flintstone lived. Consent would be lawful.
B) Where police obtained consent by sending two uniformed officers to the premises where they asked for consent to search from Larry Flintstone's six-year old son, Quartz, to look around. Consent should be proper.
C) Where police asked and received permission of Larry Flintstone's estranged wife, Heather, for a search. Heather did not live with Larry Flintstone, and she told the officers she moved out six months ago when Larry Flintstone started dating Bonnie Boulder.
D) All of the above would allow a lawful consent search.
E) None of the above would produce a legal consent search.

Answer 1

E