Lopez v Comm of Customs; G.R. No. L-27968; 03 Dec 1975; 68 SCRA 320
FACTS: Petitioner Tomas Velasco was not inside their rented hotel room when a team of agents raided their room and seized documents and papers. They were allowed entry inside said room by a woman who appeared to be petitioner’s wife but turned out to be a manicurist. ISSUE(S): Whether or not there was consent to allow the warrantless search and seizure of Velasco’s rented hotel room. HELD: YES. Where, at the time the government agents entered and searched the hotel room then being rented by petitioner, a woman who appeared to be the wife of petitioner was inside the room,…