{"id":1482,"date":"2018-01-19T05:18:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T10:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2018-01-19T05:18:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T10:18:34","slug":"scope-consent-search-closed-containers-issue-case-united-states-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/scope-consent-search-closed-containers-issue-case-united-states-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Scope of Consent to Search closed containers at issue in case before the United States Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Supreme Court is considering an appeal in the case of Gonzalez-<em>Badillo v. Unites States<\/em> which will address the issue of whether a general consent to search justifies searching a closed container under the Fourth Amendment.\u00a0 In the <em>Badillo<\/em> case, the defendant gave a general consent to search as he was at a bus station.\u00a0 The officer inspected the bags of the defendant and thought his shoes were lumpy.\u00a0 The officer could see plastic inside the slit of the sole of the shoe but could not see anything illegal.\u00a0 The officer opened up the sole without obtaining further consent for the search.<\/p>\n<p>The Fifth Circuit found that the search was lawful because once the officer told the defendant that he was looking for anything illegal, the defendant could expect that he would search any item that might contain drugs.\u00a0 The Court further concluded that the boots were suspicious and that the defendant failed to object during the search made the consent valid.<\/p>\n<p>Dissenting Justice Elrod of the Fifth Circuit found that a general consent to search cannot be interpreted as authorization to destroy personal property during the search.\u00a0 Justice Elrod found that consent to search which includes unlocked containers cannot be said to include the right to damage property found within the containers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/scope-consent-search-closed-containers-issue-case-united-states-supreme-court\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Scope of Consent to Search closed containers at issue in case before the United States Supreme Court\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Supreme Court is considering an appeal in the case of Gonzalez-Badillo v. 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