· 3/22/1989
Commonwealth v. Signorine
Citations
- 535 N.E.2d 601
- 404 Mass. 400
- 1989 Mass. LEXIS 85
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “It is clear that a valid search may include any area, place, or container reasonably capable of containing the object of the search”
- “It is clear that a valid search may include any area, place, or container reasonably capable of containing the object of the search”
- “Although . . . neither the Commonwealth nor the judge relied on this theory, the general rule is that, if the evidence is admissible, ‘it is of no consequence whether the reason assigned by the judge was accurate’ ”
- defendant made no request for privacy
- vehicles parked within the curtilage
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Hennessey, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor
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