Commonwealth v. Merbah

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that \[c]onsistent verdicts [of co-defendants] are not required provided that there is sufficient evidence to support the verdict reached\
• holding defendant lacked standing to contest voluntariness of an accomplice’s consent to search a van
• “It is well settled that voluntariness of consent to search is a question of fact which must be determined from the totality of the circumstances prevailing in each particular case.”
• voluntariness of consent to search to be determined by totality of circumstances, with great deference to trial court’s decision, given its opportunity to observe witnesses and assess credibility

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).