Opinion ID: 2656509
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Heading: Warrantless Entry Claim

Text: Appellants also argue that the officers violated Brian Harris’s Fourth Amendment rights when they forcibly entered his bedroom without a warrant. 8 Case: 13-30337 Document: 00512558654 Page: 9 Date Filed: 03/12/2014 No. 13-30337 This Court has previously held that “it is well established that the police may conduct a warrantless search of an area without running afoul of the Fourth Amendment if a third party with common control over the area consents to the search.” United States v. Solis, 299 F.3d 420, 436 (5th Cir. 2002) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Since Tyralyn Harris consented to the officers’ entry by giving them the keys to the bedroom, in a home that she cooccupied with Brian, Appellants have not shown that there was any Fourth Amendment violation. Therefore, it is not necessary to reach Appellants’ alternative argument regarding whether Mr. Harris’s possible suicide attempt constituted exigent circumstances justifying a warrantless entry into his bedroom.