| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Since the consent was invalid, the search of the van violated the 4th Amendment. (As I???ve explained, consent is an exception to the 4th Amendment???s requirement that police get a warrant to search a place and seize items.)Since the search of the van violated the 4th Amendment, the evidence would have been suppressed, but the trial court held that the inevitable discovery principle applied.
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