Opinion ID: 557878
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Heading: The Search of the Car

Text: 25 A search conducted pursuant to consent is a recognized exception to the requirements of probable cause and a search warrant. United States v. Baldwin, 644 F.2d 381, 383 (5th Cir.1981). When an individual gives a general statement of consent without express limitations, the scope of a permissible search is not limitless. Rather it is constrained by the bounds of reasonableness: what a police officer could reasonably interpret the consent to encompass. Strickland, 902 F.2d at 941. 26 Harris contends that the district court erred when it found that Peavy did not exceed the scope of the consent when he entered the trunk and searched the luggage. In reaching its conclusion, the district court found: 27 First, there was no evidence to rebut the officers' testimony that Harris verbally agreed to the search. 28