Legal Opinion
Florida v. Jimeno
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 23, 1991No. 90-622PublishedCited by 1,960 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
In this case we decide whether a criminal suspect’s Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches is violated when, after he gives a police officer permission to search his automobile, the officer opens a closed container found within the car that might reasonably hold the object of the search. We find that it is not. The Fourth Amendment is satisfied when, under the circumstances, it is objectively reasonable for the officer to believe that the scope of the suspect’s consent permitted him to open a particular container within the automobile.
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