Opinion ID: 2633286
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Heading: Defendant's Consent to Search His Apartment

Text: During the October 26 interview, defendant consented to a search of his apartment by the detectives. He gave the detectives the clothes he wore to work on the day of Powell's murder. Defendant moved to suppress this evidence on the ground his consent was involuntary and obtained during the coercive first interview. The trial court denied his motion. Defendant renews his claim on appeal. Because we have concluded defendant's statements from the October 26 interview, including his consent to search his apartment, were voluntarily made (see ante, 40 Cal.Rptr.3d at pp. 145-148, 129 P.3d at pp. 344-347), defendant's consent did not derive from an involuntary or coerced source. Accordingly, the evidence seized during the search was not excludable on this basis. [7]