What is the test for justifying a warrantless search?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cooney, 235 Cal.App.3d Supp. 1, 286 Cal.Rptr. 765 (Cal. Super. 1991):
A warrantless search may be justified by showing that the individual whose premises or effects were searched voluntarily consented to the search. (Schneckloth v. Bustamonte (1973) 412 U.S. 218, 219, 93 S.Ct. 2041, 2043, 36 L.Ed.2d 854, cited ante by the majority.) 1
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