United States v. Juan C. Mendoza-Cepeda

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that a consensual encounter may become a seizure
• finding that a suspect consented to a search of his midsection when he raised his arms in response to an officer’s request
• recognizing that a consen- sual encounter may become a seizure
• describing a series of questions and responses indicating that the defendant understood the officer’s questions and consented to a search through conduct
• distinguishing Eustaquio by noting that the defendant in Mendoza-Cepeda consented to a search of his person
• finding law enforcement reasonably viewed the defendant's gestures as consent to a search

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).