Massachusetts Appeals Court· 6/24/1993
Commonwealth v. Garcia
Citations
- 614 N.E.2d 1031
- 34 Mass. App. Ct. 645
- 1993 Mass. App. LEXIS 668
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- plain view observation of empty plastic baggie on rear floor of vehicle did not provide probable cause to search interior
- plain view observation of empty plastic baggie on rear floor of vehicle did not provide probable cause to search interior
- “[A] search is not to be made legal by what it turns up,” quoting from United States v. Di Re, 332 U.S. 581, 595 [1948]
- “Here there was no evidence from the trooper that there was some characteristic of this baggie itself, that would have indicated it was being used for an illegal purpose.”
- plain view observation of empty plastic baggie on rear floor of vehicle did not provide probable cause to search interior
- trooper's experience and empty baggie not enough to provide probable cause to conduct a warrantless search of the automobile
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Kass, Smith, Ireland
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. NethWashington Supreme Court· 2008-11-26· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. AlvaradoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-14· cited 84×
- State v. ZamoraNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2005-04-04· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. WedderburnMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-05-27· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-06-19· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. KimballMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-11-09· cited 12×
- People v. GarciaAppellate Court of Illinois· 2012-09-28· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. RicheMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-02-07· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. CensulloMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-02-20· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. AvaloMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-07-28· cited 6×
- State v. $127,930 United States CurrencyNorth Dakota Supreme Court· 2017-12-07· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-12-15· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. Garcia-GermanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-12-20· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. AgogoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-29· cited 1×
- State v. HowardSupreme Court of Kansas· 2017-03-10
- Commonwealth v. BlyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-03-02
- Commonwealth v. CallahanMassachusetts Superior Court· 1999-12-14
- Commonwealth v. KerrMassachusetts Superior Court· 2004-03-08
- Commonwealth v. RivasMassachusetts Superior Court· 2006-05-30
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Superior Court· 2016-02-18
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court· 1971-06-21· cited 9,038×
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1925-11-26· cited 7,454×
- Texas v. BrownSupreme Court· 1983-04-19· cited 3,147×
- Horton v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1990-06-04· cited 2,923×
- United States v. Di ReSupreme Court· 1948-01-19· cited 1,525×
- Commonwealth v. SantalizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-24· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-12· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-02-23· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-09-21· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. SabettiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-02-04· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. SergienkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-02-24· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-06-05· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. DouletteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-03-23· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-10-26· cited 7×
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