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· 4/27/1978

Commonwealth v. Wahlstrom

Citations

  • 375 N.E.2d 706
  • 375 Mass. 115
  • 1978 Mass. LEXIS 961

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that employee of store had \sufficient appearance of authority\ to consent to police search but deciding case on basis of common, or actual, authority
  • holding that employee of store had “sufficient appearance of authority” to consent to police search but deciding case on basis of common, or actual, authority
  • defendant’s employee had “sufficient appearance of authority” to give valid consent to search of store
  • evidence properly seized from area \accessible to\ and \under [the] control\ of third- party consenter
  • third-party consenter need not have authority over premises \at least as great as that of the objecting defendant\
  • employee of defendant had sufficient appearance of authority to consent to search

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Judges: Braucher, Hennessey, Liacos, Quirico, Wilkins

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