In Fernandez v. California (2014), the U.S. Supreme Court held that if a person refuses consent to search at one point in time, but police later ask another person at the location for consent to search while the first person is gone, then:

a. The original refusal is still effective
b. The second person does not have actual authority to consent
c. The police must return with a warrant
d. The second person’s consent is valid, if provided intelligently and voluntarily


Answer: d. The second person’s consent is valid, if provided intelligently and voluntarily

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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