A. SEARCH WARRANTS
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B. PLAIN VIEW
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C. EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES
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D. BORDER SEARCHES
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E. CONSENT SEARCHES
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a. General Rules
rests rather on mutual use of the property by persons generally having joint access or control for most purposes, so that it is reasonable to recognize that any of the co-inhabitants has the right to permit the inspection in his own right and that the others have assumed the risk that one of their number might permit the common area to be searched.
cannot be thought automatically to extend to the interiors of every discrete enclosed space capable of search within the area. . . . Common experience . . .teaches all of us that the law's "enclosed spaces"--mankind's valises, suitcases, footlockers, strong boxes, etc.--are frequently the objects of his highest privacy expectations, and that the expectations may well be at their most intense when such effects are deposited temporarily or kept semi-permanently in public places or in places under the general control of another.
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b. Spouses
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c. Parents
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d. Employers
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F. INFORMANTS AND UNDERCOVER AGENTS
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G. AGENCY ISSUES (NEW SECTION)
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