Court Opinion

ID: 9566494
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 19:40:05.308653+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:37:48.132081
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PHIPPS, Judge,
concurring in judgment only.
Where the validity of a search depends upon the defendant’s consent and the evidence shows without dispute that the scope of the search exceeded the scope of the consent, the search is unlawful.1 Under the objective reasonableness test, a typical reasonable person would not have understood the exchange between the officer and Neese as authorizing the officer to disassemble a flashlight located inside the backpack.2

 Amato v. State, 193 Ga. App. 459, 460 (1) (388 SE2d 54) (1989).

 See State v. Fulgham, 288 Ga. App. 746, 747-748 (655 SE2d 321) (2007); see also State v. Diaz, 191 Ga. App. 830, 831 (2) (383 SE2d 195) (1989) (permission for officer to “look inside” vehicle did not extend to a full-blown search of the interior and containers found therein); State v. Corley, 201 Ga. App. 320, 323-324 (411 SE2d 324) (1991) (permission to look inside vehicle did not extend to closed drawstring bag on front seat); Amato, supra (consent to look inside vehicle did not extend to removal of vent cover on door frame).