[SJSAMPLE]

Not a matter of trust.
As they say, "If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

If you don't object to a search, that doesn't make a search legal. It's 100% up to the cop to know AND FOLLOW the law, not the citizen to inform them. Any sufficiently "dedicated" cop is going to claim that you consented anyway.

Certainly, I'd agree that voicing your rights ("I do not consent to that search.") is logical and advisable, but the lack of such a declaration carries no weight in court.

[yldstrk]

I suppose that would depend on the Court and the roll of the dice and if someone can afford representation.