State v. Neal

WYNN, Judge.

To determine whether the scope of a defendant’s consent to a search includes the removal of clothing, we apply the standard of “ ‘objective’ reasonableness — what would the typical reasonable person have understood by the exchange between the officer and the suspect?” 1 Here, we conclude that the interactions between Defendant Crystal Elaine Neal and the police officers in question would have led a reasonable person to believe that the police would be conducting a strip search of Defendant. Because Defendant consented to the search and did not withdraw that consent, we affirm the…