Supreme Court· 5/23/1991

Florida v. Jimeno

Citations

500 U.S. 248
111 S. Ct. 1801
114 L. Ed. 2d 297
1991 U.S. LEXIS 2910

How courts have described this case

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recognizing that the Supreme Court has long approved consensual searches because it is reasonable for police to search once they have permission to do so
holding that consent to search of a vehicle encompassed consent to search a closed container found in the vehicle
holding that a suspect may delimit the scope of a search for which he has consented
holding that consent to search authorized search of the trunk absent indication that the consent was more limited
holding that it was \objectively reasonable for the officer to believe that the scope of the suspect's consent permitted him to open a particular container within [an] automobile\
holding that it was “objectively reasonable for the officer to believe that the scope of the suspect’s consent permitted him to open a particular container within [an] automobile”

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Judges: Blackmun, Kennedy, Marshall, O'C, Rehnqlist, Rehnquist, Scalia, White

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