Massachusetts Appeals Court· 9/30/1999
Commonwealth v. Peters
Citations
- 48 Mass. App. Ct. 15
- 717 N.E.2d 266
- 1999 Mass. App. LEXIS 1092
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding valid a search incident to a lawful arrest for a drug offense, a search which had originally been advanced by the Commonwealth as a search incident to an arrest for a motor vehicle offense
- search incident to arrest valid where police saw defendant, in the presence of female companion, engage in drug transaction and where female companion acknowledged that she had drugs in her pocket
- suppression required where Commonwealth did not introduce sufficient evidence from which to conclude that inventory policy satisfied constitutional requirements or that police conduct in the particular case conformed to the policy in any event
- observations of one officer imputed to other officers, even if not communicated
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. SweezeyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-09-08· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. HortonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-05-20· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-04-28· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. AbdallahMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-07-28· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. HillMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-05-21· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. DePeizaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-06-02· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-03-28· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. AllenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-12-18· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. CottonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-11-09
- Commonwealth v. TremblayMassachusetts Superior Court· 2004-06-03
- Commonwealth v. CortesMassachusetts Superior Court· 2008-06-05
- Commonwealth v. PrivetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-03-28
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
- Colorado v. BertineSupreme Court· 1987-01-14· cited 1,722×
- Commonwealth v. AntobenedettoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-25· cited 169×
- United States v. David P. BizierFirst Circuit· 1997-12-03· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. KennedyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-02-17· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. ClermyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-11-10· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. TooleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-11· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. BishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-06-06· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-04-15· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. SendeleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-11-14· cited 50×
- United States v. James William Atkinson, A/K/A Walter J. AtkinsonFifth Circuit· 1971-11-15· cited 45×
- Ralph Nathaniel Mills v. Louie Wainwright, DirectorFifth Circuit· 1969-09-10· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. PerrettiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-05-14· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. LawtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1964-12-01· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. SulloMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-01-18· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. RostadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-10· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. LanoueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-10-29· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. PerezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-04-15· cited 16×
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