What is the test for a warrantless search of a person's property at a hotel?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Earls, 109 Cal.App.3d 1009, 167 Cal.Rptr. 685 (Cal. App. 1980):

The argument is a fruitless exercise in semantics as it ignores the long-standing principle that a warrantless search of a person at booking and seizure of his property is reasonable. (United States v. Edwards

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