The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Patacchia, 602 F.2d 218 (9th Cir. 1979):
The existence of consent to a search is not lightly to be inferred, and is a question of fact to be determined from the totality of circumstances. Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218, 248-49, 93 S.Ct. 2041, 36 L.Ed.2d 854 (1973). The district court found consent did not exist. This finding is not clearly erroneous.
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