Following an undercover investigation, police wanted to make a search of a suspect's home, but the local judge would not sign a search warrant to authorize the search
One avenue open to police would be a consent search since no warrant is needed for such a search. Police, to obtain valid consent, must follow proper and appropriate formalities. Which, if any, of the following procedures would probably be proper?
A) Obtaining consent by sending two uniformed officers to the suspect's home, asking the permission of and receiving the permission from the suspect's ten year old daughter to conduct a search.
B) Appearing at the front door and asking and receiving the consent of the suspect's spouse to look around the home.
C) Asking and receiving permission of the suspect for a search.
D) All of the above would make any search legal.
E) Only B and C would produce a proper search based on consent.
E
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