Commonwealth v. Brillante

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• upholding search of car for weapons or evidence where two police officers faced three suspects
• “the search correctly is analyzed as one incident to arrest because, immediately after the search, the troopers placed the defendant under formal arrest”
• where bag was big enough to contain a weapon, a valid search incident to an arrest occurred
• interior search of vehicle valid where permissible patfrisk of apparent driver uncovered a package of cocaine
• area “frequently is the site of illegal activities, including prostitution and drug transactions”
• search was lawful as incident to a lawful arrest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).