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Officers Arrested Wright for Robbery and Took Him to the Police

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Officers arrested Wright for robbery and took him to the police station, but Wright refused to discuss the robbery. The next day, officers, without a search warrant, went to Wright's residence where they falsely told Wright's wife that he had admitted the crime and had sent police for the "stuff." The frightened and upset woman admitted the officers to the apartment and led them to money taken in the robbery. How should the Court 'hold' the money?


A) admissible because the wife voluntarily consented.
B) admissible because the wife is a witness.
C) inadmissible because the wife lacked authority to consent.
D) inadmissible because the wife's consent is deemed involuntary.

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