California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ramirez, A099374. (Cal. App. 2003):
"It is also established a warrantless search, justified by a probation search condition, may extend to common areas, shared by nonprobationers, over which the probationer has ' common authority.' (United States v. Matlock (1974) 415 U.S. 164, 171 [94 S. Ct. 988, 993 [39 L. Ed. 2d 242, 250].) The
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