Case Name: Melinda Jean CATRETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee; Porsha J. Rougas, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee; Michael S. Cummings, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2011-02-21
Citations: 58 So. 3d 300
Docket Number: Nos. 1D10-3094, 1D10-3117, 1D10-3569
Parties: Melinda Jean CATRETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Porsha J. Rougas, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee. Michael S. Cummings, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WOLF, WEBSTER, and ROBERTS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 58
Pages: 300–301

Head Matter:
Melinda Jean CATRETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Porsha J. Rougas, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee. Michael S. Cummings, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 1D10-3094, 1D10-3117, 1D10-3569.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 21, 2011.
Rehearing Denied March 30, 2011.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Barbara J. Busharis, Assistant Public De fender, Tallahassee, for Appellants Melinda Jean Catrett and Porsha J. Rougas; and William B. Richbourg, Pensacola, for Appellant Michael S. Cummings.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Trisha Meggs Pate, Anne C. Conley and Therese A. Savona, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See United States v. Matlock, 415 U.S. 164, 171, 171 n. 7, 94 S.Ct. 988, 39 L.Ed.2d 242 (1974) (holding that a third party's "actual authority" to consent to a warrantless search by law enforcement officers is dependent on proof that the third party "possessed common authority over or other sufficient relationship to the premises or effects sought to be inspected," and that "[t]he authority which justifies the third-party consent does not rest upon the law of property, . but rests rather 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").
WOLF, WEBSTER, and ROBERTS, JJ., concur.