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· 3/17/2022

in the Interest of E.G.T.

How courts have described this case

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

  • Warning that “ if you don't have money for a lawyer, they can help find one for you,” was defective.
  • explaining that although police may be justified in inventorying items, Commonwealth must still \present . . . evidence to carry its burden to establish that this was a lawful inventory search\
  • noting legal distinction between merely observing bank’s name and logo on a bank card during an inventory search, and recording account numbers for use in further investigation
  • in inventory search, police may observe and utilize information that is obvious, but may not examine papers
  • improper to attempt by argument to engender the jury’s anger toward the defendant or his counsel
  • police not permitted to “investigate the information in the wallet without obtaining a search warrant”

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