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U.S. v. MARTINEZ

No. 90-5504.

949 F.2d 1117 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elsie MARTINEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 7, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy I. Kahn, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Dexter W. Lehtinen, U.S. Atty., William F. Jung, Lynne W. Lamprecht, Linda Collins Hertz and Anne M. Hayes, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAY and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and HILL, Senior Circuit Judge.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we affirm the district court and hold that a general consent to search a specific area for specific things includes the authority to open locked containers where those things may be found.

FACTS

On November 7, 1989, agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and officers of the Broward County Florida Sheriff's Department watched as Elsie Martinez, the appellant, and Alvero Alvarez went through a suspicious...

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