US v. Gonzalez

Filing 920100623

Opinion

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var WPFootnote1 = '                   Consent is an exception to the Fourth Amendment\'s\
prohibition on government searches of a person\'s residence without\
a warrant. Rodriguez, 497 U.S. at 181. Police may obtain consent\
from the occupant "or from a third party who possesses common\
authority over the premises." Id. Common authority means people\
are mutually using the property such that they have "joint access\
or control" over it "for most purposes." Id. (quoting United\
States v. Matlock, 415 U.S. 164, 171 n.7 (1974)).\
              Mutual use means people make such shared use of a residence\
"that it is reasonable to recognize that any of the co-inhabitants\
has the right to permit the inspection" of the common residence\
"and that the others have assumed the risk that one of their number\
might permit the common area to be searched." Matlock, 415 U.S. at\
171 n.7.\
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var WPFootnote2 = '                   We need not reach the district court\'s alternative\
conclusion that, even without the evidence found on Gonzalez or in\
the apartment, sufficient evidence supported the search warrant.\
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