Compare and contrast the authority to consent to a search by the following persons: hosts and hotel guests, landlord and tenant, principal and student.

1. In Florida v. Bostick, 501 U.S. 429, 438 (1991), the defendant contended “that no reasonable person would freely consent to a search of luggage that he or she knows contains drugs.” Should there be a presumption of involuntariness when incriminating evidence is readily found pursuant to the “consent” of a person who denies guilt?

2. Assume that consent to obtain a blood sample from a rape suspect is obtained by telling him that the sample will be tested to determine the percentage of alcohol in his blood. Is his consent voluntary if the blood sample is actually used to match his blood with fluids found at the rape scene? See Graves v. Beto, 424 F.2d 524 (5th Cir. 1970).

3. Relate the factors courts examine when determining where or not consent is voluntary.

4. Compare and contrast the authority to consent to a search by the following persons: hosts and hotel guests, landlord and tenant, principal and student.