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Saavedra v. State

Citations

  • 622 So. 2d 952
  • 1993 WL 184571

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a minor may provide valid third-party consent if the state can show the minor shared the home with a nonconsenting, absent parent, the police had a reasonable belief that the minor had authority to consent, and the minor freely and voluntarily consented to the search
  • adopting the common authority test set out in Matlock to determine validity of third-party consent
  • adopting common authority test to determine validity of third-party consent set out in United States v. Matlock, 415 U.S. 164, 170, 94 S.Ct. 988, 39 L.Ed.2d 242 (1974
  • stating per se rule that third-party consent is only valid if the party who is the target of the search is not present or is present and does not object to the search
  • joint occupant validly may consent “only if the party who is the target of the search is not present or if the party is present and . . . does not object to the search”
  • “In applying the Matlock test, Florida courts should focus on whether the police officer had a reasonable belief based on articulable facts that the minor shared joint authority over the home with the parent.” (emphasis omitted)

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Judges: Harding

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