Can I be arrested if I&#39;m not home and there are drugs in my room?
<p>If I am out somewhere, and say my door is open and there are drugs in plain view, if a cop was in the house could I be arrested even though I'm not there?</p>

<p>In the US, there is a co-occupant consent rule (United States v. Matlock, 415 U.S. 164 (1974)). If a co-occupant of your house consented to a search, anything in plain view from the common areas is useable as justification for probable cause (for arrest) and admissible as evidence at trial.</p>

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