Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/28/2016
Commonwealth v. Oliveira
Citations
- 474 Mass. 10
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \police have no obligation to locate or telephone the registered owner to determine his or her wishes\
- \the police have no obligation . . . to wait with the vehicle until a licensed driver can be located\
- government must establish that impoundment was \reasonably necessary\ and effectuated in accordance with written policies or procedures
- motion to suppress properly allowed where impounded vehicle was lawfully parked in department store lot and driver, who had been arrested, provided reasonable practical alternative to towing vehicle
- impoundment unreasonable where vehicle could safely be left in parking lot for owner's retrieval
- discussing impoundment of vehicle preceding inventory search as “seizure”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Gants, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk, Hines
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- Commonwealth v. VickMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-11-08· cited 10×
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- Commonwealth v. CastilloMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-07-25· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. PearsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-09-20· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. NicoleauMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-10-14· cited 1×
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Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. Isaiah I.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-02-09· cited 156×
- Commonwealth v. Jones-PannellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-08-14· cited 141×
- Commonwealth v. ThibeauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-12-17· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. Isaiah I.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-03-18· cited 119×
- United States v. CocciaFirst Circuit· 2006-05-05· cited 90×
- Commonwealth v. Vuthy SengMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-04-23· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. EllerbeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-16· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. CaceresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-12-10· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. Vuthy SengMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-04-12· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. BrinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-12-30· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. RostadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-10· cited 23×
- People v. KrezenMichigan Supreme Court· 1986-12-30· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. EddingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-03-10· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. HenleyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-02-11· cited 19×
- Villagrana-Flores v. United StatesSupreme Court· 2007-01-08· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-07-11· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-10-26· cited 10×
- Vuthy Seng v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-12-15· cited 10×
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