What is the test for obtaining consent for search and seizure purposes?

Consent is an exception to the warrant requirement. (People v. Harris (2015) 234 Cal.App.4th 671, 685.) "Where 'the prosecution relies on consent to justify a warrantless search or seizure, it bears the "burden of proving that the defendant's manifestation of consent was the product of his free will and not a mere submission to an express or implied assertion of authority. [Citation.]"' [Citation.] Whether consent was voluntarily given is a question of fact, which depends on the 'totality of the circumstances' of the

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