U.S. v. ZAPATA

Nos. 98-8609, 98-8733.

180 F.3d 1237 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Victor Manuel ZAPATA, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan Tomas Lorenzo, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex L. Zipperer, Eric Gotwalt, Zipperer & Lorberbaum, P.C., Savannah, GA, for Zapata.

G. Terry Jackson, Jackson and Schiavone, Savannah, Ga, for Lorenzo.

Karl Irving Knoche, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Savannah, Ga, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BARKETT, Circuit Judge, and KRAVITCH and MAGILL, Senior Circuit Judges.


MAGILL, Senior Circuit Judge:

Juan Lorenzo and Victor Zapata appeal the district court's order denying their motion to suppress evidence discovered in the course of an automobile search. They argue that they did not voluntarily consent to the search and, in the alternative, that the search exceeded the scope of any consent given. We affirm.

I.

Bryan County Deputy Sheriff Tony Phillips and a fellow officer were driving northbound on Interstate 95...

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