Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/12/1996
Commonwealth v. Ortiz
Citations
- 422 Mass. 64
- 661 N.E.2d 925
- 1996 Mass. LEXIS 32
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \Family members who live in a home together may validly consent to a search of that home\
- where probable cause supports arrest, no distinction between police questioning on charged crimes and crimes for which no complaint has yet issued
- defendant's father's consent to search bedroom in father's home valid even if defendant had possessory interest in room
- \There is no authority for the proposition that the right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment . . . or under art. 12 . . . arises prior to arraignment\
- father validly consented to search of son’s bedroom in home
- parent may consent to search of child's room
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Connor, Liacos, Wilkins
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19 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. SannaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-01-13· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. RogersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-05-16· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. PORTER P.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-11· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. BelandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-03-12· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. JohnstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-04-08· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. ButlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-08-14· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. GarnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-11-08· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. Yehudi Y.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-12-20· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. WareMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-09-23· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. PowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-06-06· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. DejarnetteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-08-26· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. PodgurskiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-03-20· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. Neary-FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-08-15· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. AvilesMassachusetts Superior Court· 1999-05-27· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2020-11-30
- Commonwealth v. SardoneMassachusetts Superior Court· 1999-03-30
- Commonwealth v. AmanMassachusetts Superior Court· 2006-02-13
- Commonwealth v. DooleyMassachusetts Superior Court· 2010-09-07
- Commonwealth v. Kao LanoisMassachusetts Superior Court· 2025-05-23
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1972-06-07· cited 3,001×
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-02-12· cited 232×
- Commonwealth v. SmallwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-03· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. ParhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-01-23· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-12-03· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-08-18· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. WahlstromMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-04-27· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. HodgkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-03-15· cited 7×
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