Defendant’s girlfriend who lived with him and his mother could consent to the room she shared with defendant but not his mother’s room

Defendant shared a house with his mother and sister, and his girlfriend lived with him in a separate room. She validly consented to a search of the room they shared and the common areas. She could not, however, consent to a search of defendant’s mother’s room because the mother did not share it with her. United States v. Castaneda-Abrego, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2043 (W.D. N.C. January 8, 2007).*

Police had a parole violation warrant, and it authorized them to enter defendant’s premises after knocking and getting no answer (but they expected him to be inside). The parole conditions said “any time” and that allowed the search. United States v. Stewart, 193 Fed. Appx. 219 (7th Cir. January 12, 2007)* (unpublished).

Under the clearly erroneous standard of review, a police officer’s testimony that a taillight was broken and that was justification for a stop did not have to be corroborated by photographs to be sustained on appeal. United States v. Kemp, 214 Fed. Appx. 127 (3d Cir. 2007)* (unpublished).

Immigration checkpoint stop led to consent within a minute of the car’s arrival. A drug dog was brought out instead, and the dog’s alert was probable cause. United States v. Rodriguez, 213 Fed. Appx. 327 (5th Cir. 2007)* (unpublished).

Wealth of probable cause to believe the defendants were involved in a meth operation justified a search incident of the car they were in when they were arrested. A probation search was conducted of one defendant’s property, and then a search warrant was obtained. Even if the probation search had been invalid, removing all references to it from the consideration of the remainder of the affidavit still left probable cause to search. United States v. Fugate, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2052 (W.D. Ky. January 10, 2007).*