Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/11/2014
Commonwealth v. White
Citations
- 469 Mass. 96
- 12 N.E.3d 348
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- “The investigative use of these pills transformed a lawful inventory seizure of the pills into an unlawful investigatory search of the pills”
- plain view observation of unlabeled prescription pill bottle did not justify warrantless seizure, as character of its contents as contraband was not “immediately apparent” from observation alone [citation omitted]
- officer’s examination of pills seized from unlabeled pill container found during inventory of defendant’s vehicle exceeded parameters of inventory search exception where officer examined pills “solely for an investigative rather than an inventory purpose”
- officer's examination of pills transformed search from inventory into investigatory
- under G. L. c. 276, § 1, police are authorized to conduct a search incident to arrest “only (1) for the purpose of seizing evidence of the crime for which the arrest has been made in order to prevent its destruction or concealment or (2
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Judges: Ireland, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, Duffly, Lenk
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. OliveiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-03-28· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. MauricioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-08-14· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. SheridanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-02-27· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-10-26· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. AbdallahMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-07-28· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. MaingretteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-12-03· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. Garcia-GermanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-12-20· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. Rosario-SantiagoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-10-02
- Commonwealth v. PerezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-09-27
- Commonwealth v. BlyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-03-02
- Commonwealth v. PrivetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-03-28
- Commonwealth v. Jose ReyesMassachusetts Superior Court· 2020-12-04
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court· 1973-12-11· cited 3,538×
- Commonwealth v. Isaiah I.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-02-09· cited 156×
- Commonwealth v. Isaiah I.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-03-18· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. AlvaradoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-14· cited 84×
- 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. Vuthy SengMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-04-23· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. Sliech-BrodeurMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-07-19· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. SulloMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-01-18· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-04· cited 24×
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