Opinion ID: 513263
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Heading: Miranda Violation and Sangineto's Consent to Search

Text: 89 We also reject Sangineto's contention that the earlier Miranda violation taints his consent to search the truck and the motel room. Sangineto signed the two consent forms after Holmes administered Miranda warnings in Spanish and English. As the Court stressed in Elstad, [a] subsequent administration of Miranda warnings to a suspect who has given a voluntary but unwarned statement ordinarily should suffice to remove the conditions that precluded the admission of the earlier statement. Id. at 314, 105 S.Ct. at 1296. As in Elstad, the question here is whether the consent to search was made knowingly and voluntarily. 90 The magistrate examined the surrounding circumstances and the entire course of police conduct with respect to the suspect in evaluating the voluntariness of Sangineto's consent to search his truck and motel room. See id. at 318, 105 S.Ct. at 1297-1298. In each case, the magistrate ruled that Sangineto had been fully informed of his rights, including his right to refuse the search, yet the defendant gave a knowing and voluntary consent to search. The magistrate also concluded that all the evidence is that Mr. Sangineto understood English sufficiently well to communicate effectively in the language and read it. These findings are not clearly erroneous. 12 Accordingly, the Miranda violation in this case did not taint Sangineto's consent to search and the cocaine seized from the truck and the motel room were admissible.