Georgia V. Randolph Case Study
Georgia v. Randolph is a landmark case pertaining to the search of a private resident without a search warrant where one resident gives law enforcement personnel consents to conduct a search and the other member objects. This particular case involved a married couple Scott and Janet Randolph, who were having marriage problems. Janet decided to leave Scott taking their son with her to Canada (Wood 2007 para 1). After being gone for a little over a month she and the child returned to the same residents where Scott had remained. One day shortly after her return, they got into an argument and Scott left the resident with their child in fear that she would take off again. Law enforcement personnel were called to their home and she