Commonwealth v. Harris

We conclude, inter alia, that the *708police did not violate the defendant’s right to place a telephone call. I write separately to note that I join that conclusion only because I believe it is dictated by Commonwealth v. Carey, 26 Mass. App. Ct. 339, 342-343 (1988).

The detective who interrogated the defendant back at the station initially testified that the defendant made no request to exercise his right to make a telephone call. Consistent with that statement, he repeatedly denied trying to delay the defendant from exercising his telephone rights until after the interrogation was over. He…