Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/17/2007

Commonwealth v. Washington

Citations

449 Mass. 476
869 N.E.2d 605
2007 Mass. LEXIS 460

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permitting search of passengers after traffic stop based on exigency and probable cause to believe evidence of crime was present; no arrest necessary to justify search
exigent circumstances where suspects were driving away from drug deal and could have disposed of cash had police not acted immediately
“it is clear that the police need not arrest a suspect the moment they obtain probable cause”
search incident to arrest must be conducted “at the time of the search or at a time ‘substantially contemporaneous’ thereto”
search incident to arrest must be conducted “at the time of the search or at a time ‘substantially contemporaneous’ thereto”
\we are reluctant to adopt a blanket rule that all persons suspected of drug activity are to be presumed armed and dangerous for constitutional purposes\

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Judges: Cowin

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