Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/23/2015

Commonwealth v. Melo

Citations

472 Mass. 278
34 N.E.3d 289

How courts have described this case

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finding valid waiver where defendant signed notification of rights form, indicated he understood rights, and subsequently engaged in discussion with officers
discussing how police actions can cross line from investigatory stop to arrest
\We review de novo any findings of the motion judge that were based entirely on the documentary evidence ...\
defendant's \involuntary transport and detention for interrogation purposes amounted to a 'seizure' for Fourth Amendment purposes and became the functional equivalent of an arrest\

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Judges: Gants, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Hines

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