Business Law and the Legal Environment 7th Edition by Jeffrey Beatty,Susan Samuelson

Exercise 1

Officer Trottier stopped Marie for driving 20 miles over the speed limit. He then became suspicious because her son would not make eye contact and she was eating a Powerbar in a "hurried manner." The officer asked for and Marie granted him permission to search her car. During the search, he found a letter, which he read. Has he committed an illegal search?