California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Baca, C081871 (Cal. App. 2017):
an adult probationer's search condition comes within an exception." (People v. Hoeninghaus (2004) 120 Cal.App.4th 1180, 1184 (Hoeninghaus).) That exception is based on consent: A person who voluntarily accepts a grant of probation subject to a condition allowing warrantless searches has consented to such searches, and a "search conducted pursuant to a valid consent does not violate the Fourth Amendment unless the search exceeds the scope of the consent." (People v. Bravo (1987) 43 Cal.3d 600, 605.) "[T]he exception is inapplicable[, however,] if police are unaware of the probation search condition at the time of a warrantless search." (Hoeninghaus, at p. 1184.)
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