What is the test for the voluntariness of a suspect's consent to enter and to search a home?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Juarez-Moreno, 91 F.3d 156 (9th Cir. 1996):

In reviewing the voluntariness of a suspect's consent to enter and to search a home, we consider whether under the totality of the circumstances, the government has shown that there was no duress or coercion, and that the consent was freely and intelligently given. United States v. Torres-Sanchez, 83 F.3d 1129-30 (9th Cir.1996); United States v. Shaibu, 920 F.2d 1423, 1426 (9th Cir.1990).

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