State v. Cochran

Citations

• 963 N.W.2d 238
• 2021 ND 141

Syllabus

Law enforcement may not search an individual's home without a warrant unless the search falls within one of the recognized exceptions to the warrant requirement. Under the common-area, co-occupant consent exception, a co-occupant of a shared residence may consent to searches of the common areas of the residence. This Court will not set aside a district court's decision simply because the court may have applied an incorrect reason if the result is the same under the correct law and reasoning.