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Task: Consent Search of Vehicle
Florida v. Jimeno, 500 U.S. 248 (1991).
Where an individual has consented to a search of his or her vehicle,
an officer may search containers within the vehicle as long as it is
objectively reasonable for the officer to have believed that such
consent extended to the containers searched.
Where an officer has obtained consent to search a vehicle for
narcotics, it is objectively reasonable for the officer to have believed
that such consent extended to containers capable of containing
narcotics.
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