· 12/11/1974
State v. Koucoules
Citations
- 343 A.2d 860
- 1974 Me. LEXIS 259
How courts have described this case
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- noting that defendant’s ostensible role as wife assisting in solution of husband’s death had not changed from time she gave permission for initial search to time of subsequent search
- supervening factor of arrest controlled decision in Brochu, not mere lapse of time between permission and actions of police
- \search for anything you want ...\ determined to be general consent, encompassing no spatial limitations
- “Where permission has been given to search for a particular object, the ensuing search remains valid as long as its scope is consistent with an effort to locate that object.”
- search exceeding bounds of consent to search becomes invasion of privacy rendering search unreasonable
- general unqualified consent to search premises does not include consent to destroy property
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Judges: Dufresne
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