Matter of Walker v. Fernandez

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• when the officer sought permission to look into the trunk, the defendant got out of the car and opened the trunk himself
• defendant had reasonable expectation of privacy in vehicle and its contents where he demonstrated lawful possession
• consent to search voluntary even though officer retained license and registration at the time consent given
• “If the officer wishes to detain the driver for further questioning unrelated to the initial stop, the officer must have an objectively reasonable articulable suspicion that illegal activity has occurred or is occurring.”
• “Valid consent may be given by a person being detained.”
• “Valid consent may be given by a person being detained.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).