- Must be voluntary and intelligent
- If police say they have a warrant, it negates consent
- Police do not have to warn you that you have a right not to consent
- Third party consent (authority) to consent -- where 2 or more people have an equal right to use a piece of property, any one of them can consent to its warrantless search
Criminal Procedure: Search & Seizure: SW Exceptions: Consent
Consent (a fact specific legal standard)