Opinion ID: 161070
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Consent To The General Search Of The Vehicle

Text: 30 When Trooper Avery looked inside the passenger compartment for a VIN, he did not find one. However, he did discover air fresheners, which evidently made him suspicious Mr. Caro was transporting narcotics. He then requested Mr. Caro's permission to look through your vehicle. Mr. Caro again consented. Aplt's Br. at 5. 31 Once again, this consent was insufficient to purge the taint of Mr. Caro's unlawful detention. The discovery of the air freshenersthe basis for the general request to search the vehiclewas the result of the illegal request to search for an additional VIN. The air fresheners cannot therefore provide a valid foundation for enlarged suspicion, as they were come at by the exploitation of [the] illegality. United States v. Shareef, 100 F.3d 1491, 1508 (10th Cir. 1996) (quoting Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 487-88 (1963)). Furthermore, the same factors that tainted Mr. Caro's consent to the VIN search were still present and unmitigated at the time of Trooper Avery's request for permission to look through the vehicle. Trooper Avery still retained Mr. Caro's documentation, virtually no time had elapsed, and Mr. Caro was not informed that he was free to leave. Aplt's Br. at 5-6.