Does the apparent authority exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement permit a police officer to reasonably believe a seventeen-year-old, self-proclaimed house and dog sitter can consent to the search of a residence for the resident when that police officer believes the resident is not out of town, but inside the residence?

QUESTION PRESENTED Does the apparent authority exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement permit a police officer to reasonably believe a seventeen-year-old, self-proclaimed house and dog sitter can consent to the search of a residence for the resident when that police officer believes the resident is not out of town, but inside the residence? | | | | | i |