outside the Golden Key Club, and a spent bullet shell found at the scene was consistent with having been shot from Laux' weapon. 3 . Although this Court has not directly addressed the issue, we have implicitly upheld a search based upon officers' reasonable belief that the person authorizing the search had the authority to do so. State v. Bailey, 276 S.C. 32, 37, 274 S.E.2d 913, 916 (1981) (where defendant left his pickup truck parked in his uncle’s yard, without any instructions or restrictions on its use, and vehicle was unlocked with keys inside, it was “reasonable for the officers to believe ... the [uncle] had authority to consent to the search.”). See also State v. Brockman, 329 S.C. 115, 494 S.E.2d 440 (Ct.App.1997), rev’d on other grounds, 339 S.C. 57, 528 S.E.2d 661 (2000)(<HOLDING>). 4 . Accordingly, we need not decide the more
holding that officers had a reasonable belief that defendants father had authority to consent to the search of his sons room and computer because he owned the home and had access to the room and computer at will holding that reliance on an attorneys erroneous belief as to the date of an estate tax filing deadline is insufficient to constitute reasonable cause holding that the question of whether police had a reasonable basis for finding that a third party had authority to consent to search is a question of law recognizing that suppression is not warranted if officers had an erroneous but reasonable belief of authority to consent holding search not to violate fourth amendment where officers belief that apparent landlord had the power to consent and that he had not revoked that consent was reasonable emphasis added