Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/14/2013

Commonwealth v. Perkins

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465 Mass. 600
989 N.E.2d 854
2013 WL 2631759
2013 Mass. LEXIS 467

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“Under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, warrantless searches are ‘per se unreasonable.’”
vehicle search without warrant found unlawful where driver was secured by handcuffs, was standing near car but could not access it, and evidence of arrest for traffic violation not likely to be found in car
vehicle search without warrant found unlawful where driver was sécured by handcuffs, was standing near car but could not access it, and evidence of . arrest for traffic violation not likely to be found in car
search incident to lawful arrest is exception to warrant requirement
“Under [the plain view] doctrine, if police are lawfully in a position from which they [inadvertently encounter] an object, if its incriminating character is immediately apparent, and if the officers have a lawful right of access to the object, they may seize it without a warrant”

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