Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Peters
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 30, 1999No. 98-P-437PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDreben, J.
Originally arrested for a suspended driver’s license after his car was stopped in the course of a drug investigation, the defendant was later charged and convicted of possession with the intent to distribute a Class B substance. The subsequent charge was based on items found in his automobile and on his person pursuant to “inventory” searches. The defendant’s primary claim on this appeal relates to the warrantless search of his person. We affirm his conviction, although we uphold the search of his person on grounds other than an inventory search.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Colorado v. BertineSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Commonwealth v. AntobenedettoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- United States v. David P. BizierCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Commonwealth v. KennedyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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3Cited by16 opinions
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