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Commonwealth v. White

Citations

  • 422 Mass. 487
  • 663 N.E.2d 834
  • 1996 Mass. LEXIS 82

How courts have described this case

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  • declining to reach question whether police documentation of telephone number defendant called at booking fell within routine booking question exception to Miranda
  • radio broadcast based on police interviews with witnesses at scene of crime found to be reliable
  • routine background questions asked during booking that are \for record keeping purposes and related to police administrative concerns\ fall outside scope of Miranda warnings
  • “[s]ome information gained at booking is ‘exempt’ from the rule of Miranda v. Arizona”
  • defendant wearing a “ninja-style” mask identified based only on his eye and nose area
  • both Fifth Amendment and Article 12 recognize the booking question exception

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Judges: Liacos

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