context: As stated, the girlfriend owned the home and shared the bedroom with defendant. We can reasonably conclude that the cosmetic table and dresser were under the common authority of both defendant and his girlfriend and that the police reasonably believed that the girlfriend, as owner of the home, had the authority to consent to the search.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 593 N.E.2d 1199, 1199
citation_a.parenthetical: upholding the admissibility of a knife after a roommate's consent permitted officers to search lawfully the common areas of the residence from which the knife could be seen in plain view on a dresser in defendant's room
citation_a.sentence: See also Perry, 638 N.E.2d at 1241; Wright, 593 N.E.2d at 1199 (upholding the admissibility of a knife after a roommate’s consent permitted officers to search lawfully the common areas of the residence from which the knife could be seen in plain view on a dresser in defendant’s room).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: "official reliance on the consent may validate the search if it was reasonable for the officers to believe the third party had the requisite relationship"
citation_b.sentence: See Canaan, 683 N.E.2d at 231 (citing Illinois v, Rodriguez, 497 U.S. 177, 110 S.Ct. 2793, 111 L.Ed.2d 148 (1990) (“official reliance on the consent may validate the search if it was reasonable for the officers to believe the third party had the requisite relationship”).