United States v. Miguel Martel-Martines

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• holding that the defendant’s failure to object rendered it objectively reasonable for officers to conclude that the his general consent to a search of his truck included consent to punch a small hole in a concealed compartment
• finding probable cause for warrantless search of concealed compartment after detainee’s evasive and inconsistent responses to routine questions, even if consent limited or withdrawn
• finding no Fourth Amendment violation related to a search conducted at two locations where an officer told the defendant that his truck would be taken to a second location and the defendant agreed to drive his truck to that location
• silence gave rise to reasonable belief that defendant consented to minimally intrusive puncture of truck bed
• defendant’s evasive and inconsistent responses to routine questions and inaccessible .hidden compartment built onto underside of truck aroused suspicion and gave probable cause to puncture hole in truck bed
• silence gave rise to reasonable belief that defendant consented to minimally intrusive puncture of truck bed

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