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Video shows defendant consented

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Defendant's consent was valid, and his claim that the officers altered the video of the stop is rejected. "Ramirez claims that all of the officers are lying. The video belies Ramirez's claims. The video shows clearly that Ramirez confirmed that he had given his consent to the search. He consented to the search in hopes that the officer would not bother to search. Ramirez claims that the Government falsified the video tape." United States v. Ramirez, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23049 (C.D. Ill. March 23, 2009).* (There have only been a handful of cases so far this week. Some days it takes two hours to read them all; some days, minutes. Maybe they are backing up and will get dumped on me this weekend. By the way, this version 2.0 of this website passed the 3,000 post mark last week...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on March 26, 2009 (boomark / email).