Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Thomas v. United States

Thomas v. United States, 471 U.S. 1021 (1985)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1985-04-15
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • merely advising a person that a search warrant can be obtained does not constitute coercion
  • no coercion where an officer said he could obtain a warrant if consent were refused but there was ample evidence to support probable cause
  • "consent is not likely to be held invalid where an officer tells a defendant *Page 218 that he could obtain a search warrant if the officer had probable cause upon which a warrant could issue"

Citator

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C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.