Georgia v. Randolph

Responding to a domestic disturbance call, police obtained consent to search Randolph's (defendant) home from his wife, who told them Randolph used cocaine, but Randolph himself was present and expressly refused consent; the police searched anyway and found cocaine in Randolph's bedroom, which the trial court admitted based on the wife's authority to consent. The court of appeals reversed, the state supreme court affirmed that reversal, and the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari.