44 So. 3d 525 - Allen v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “'Consent to search may be given by a third party who possesses common authority over the premises or personal effects sought to be searched.' Maples v. State , 758 So.2d 1 , 25 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). 'The authority which justifies the third-party consent rests on mutual use of the property by persons generally having joint access or control for most purposes, so that it is reasonable to recognize that any of the co-inhabitants has the right to permit the inspection in his own right and that the others have assumed the risk that one of their number might permit the common area to be searched.' United States v. Matlock , 415 U.S. 164 , 171 n. 7, 94 S.Ct. 988 , 39 L.Ed.2d 242 (1974). ' "The burden of establishing th[e] common authority [necessary for a valid consent] rests upon the State”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bosner v. State