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Commonwealth v. Pena

Citations

  • 69 Mass. App. Ct. 713
  • 871 N.E.2d 531
  • 2007 Mass. App. LEXIS 967

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  • small bag of marijuana found during patfrisk of one passenger did not supply probable cause to search entire car including area under rear seat, because there was no connection between car and passenger’s drugs
  • officer justified in removing car seat cushion that was not \seated properly\
  • passenger refused to sit still and moved hands erratically

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