# Petitioners Brief — Schneckloth v. Bustamonte

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## Record

- **Collection:** Supreme Court brief
- **Document type:** Petitioners Brief
- **Published:** January 1, 1973
- **Citation:** 412 U.S. 218

## Text

In the Suprene Court

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OctosER TERM, 1971
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MERLE R. SCHNECKLOTH, Superintendent,
California Conservation Center, Petitioner,

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Roserr CiypeE BustaMonte, Respondent.

On Writ of Certiorari to the

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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BRIEF FOR THE PETITIONER

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EVELLE JJ. YOUNGER,
Attorney General of the State of California,

IieRBERT L. ASHBY,
Chief Assistant Attorney General—

Criminal Division,
Doris H. MAIER,
Assistant Attorney General—Writs Section,
Epwarp P. O'BRIEN,
Deputy Attorney General,
Rosert R. GRANUCCI,
Deputy Attorney General,
6000 State Building,
San Francisco, California 94102,
Telephone: (415) 557-1959,
Attorneys for Petitioner.

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Subject Index

Page
Opinion below ......-..-.- +. eee ee ete eee tect eens 1
Jurisdiction 2.0.0... .ccccsc ccc cecnc cece cesses eeeoescoccs 2
Questions presented ......-. 0... see e eee eee eee ee ene 2
Statement of the case ...- 0.2. cee cece te ete c eee ee sere gees 2
A. Proceedings in the state court .........-..-..+-005: 2
B. Proceedings in the federal courts .............-..+55 3
C. Statement of the facts ............- 000 c eee ee eee 3

Summary of argument .........-..-. 00. eee seen ete eens
ATQUMENt ..... 6 eee eect ert eee ete cnet e ete ete ntes 8

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The Ford in which Bustamonte was riding was searched
pursuant to a valid consent and the Court of Appeals

erred in holding otherwise ...........-..--0+-ee 005: 8

A. California’s consent rule is constitutional ....... 12

B. Third party consent searches .......0.....+..--- 14

C. Requirement of an admonition ...............--- 17

D. Bustamonte’s consent was truly voluntary ....... ad
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This court should hold that claims based on the exclu-
sionary rule should not be available to state prisoners
seeking to set aside their convictions on federal habeas
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