The Court has held that a police officer does not need to inform the defendant first that he or she is free to go for a consent to search to be valid.

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In the case of Illinois v. Rodriguez (1990), the Supreme Court stated that "nothing in the Fourth Amendment requires the police to obtain a warrant before entering premises to search for evidence voluntarily given up by the suspect." Therefore, a police officer does not need to inform the defendant first that they are free to go for a consent search to be valid.

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