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am i l i arw i th t he hi st ory of thi s c as e, w e nee d n otre coun ti there . U nd erthe ci rc um st ance s pre se nt ed by thi s c as e, w e c on cl ud e thatthe di stri ct c o u r t d id n o t c o m m it r e v e r s ib le e r r o rin d e n y in g th e s u p p r e s s io n m o tio n . W e r e v i e w de nov o a d is tr ic t c o u r t’s d e n ia l o f a s u p p r e s s io n m o tio n . U ni t ed St at es v. R u iz , 42 8 F . 3d 87 7, 88 0 (9t h C i r. 20 05 ). W e r evi ew the di stri ctcourt ’ s f ac tual f in d in g s f o rc le a re r r o r . I

d . Iti s und i sput ed thatthe dri ver gave consentt o sea rc h t he aut om ob i l e w here the cont raband w as di sc ov er ed i n a p u rse . T h e d is tr ic t c o u r t d id n o t c le a r ly e r rin i t s f a c tua l f i ndi ng tha tthe pur s e w a s unde rthe j oi ntc ontr ol of the dr i ve ra nd the defe nd ant , and t hatea ch had j oi ntac ce ss t o i t . G i ven t hatfi nd i ng , the di stri ctcourt d id n o t e r rin d e n y in g th e s u p p r e s s io n m o tio n . See U ni ted St at es v. M

at l ock , 415 U . S . 1 6 4 , 1 7 1 (1 9 7 4 ) (“ [W ] h en th e p ro secu t i o n seek s t o j u st i fy a w arran t l ess se ar ch by proo f of vol un t ary c on se nt , i ti s notl i m i t ed t o p roof thatconsentw as gi ve n by the de f

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e nda ntw a s i n pos s e s s i on of drugs , drug paraph ernal i a had been di sc ov er ed i n h erpu rs e, and she had p re vi ou sl y hi dd en co n trab an d in h erb o d y c av it ies. F u rth er , at th e d eten ti o n fa cili ty, th e d ef en d an t’ s c o- a r r e s t e e w a s obs e r ve d on c l os e d c i r c ui tc a m e r a tw i c e r e a c hi ng i nt o the defe nd ant ’ s brafor obj ec t s thathad b ee n h i dd en there . G i ven t hese un di sput ed fa ct s, the di stri ctcourtdi d n oterr i n con cl ud i ng thatthe stri p sea rc h w as j ust i fi ed a n d c o n d u c te d in ac o n s titu tio n a lly p e r m is s ib le m a n n e r . Se e Ke nne dy v . L os A ng eles P ol i ce D ep’t , 90 1 F . 2d 70 2, 71 2, 71 5-16 (9th C i r. 19 90 ) ( ho l di ng that w arran t l ess stri p search es o f fel o n y su sp ect s are p erm i ssi b l e i f j u st i fi ed b y a r e a s ona bl e s us pi c i on tha tdrugs orw e apons a r e be i ng s m uggl e d i nt o a de t e nt i on f a c ility ) , i m

pl i c i t l y ov e r r ul e d on othe rgr ounds by H unt e rv . B r

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