Legal Opinion

Mahan v. Plymouth County House of Corrections

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided September 7, 1995No. 94-1835PublishedCited by 91 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CYR, Circuit Judge.

On November 14, 1989, Walter Bouchie, a detective with the Town of Hull Police Department (“Hull Police Department”), executed a valid arrest warrant against plaintiff-appellant Richard Mahan (“Mahan”) for the rape of Sheila Commesso. 1 The arrest took place in Mahan’s hatchback automobile. Bouchie and other officers searched the hatchback incident to the arrest and damaged a cord over the hatch area and a pocket tape recorder in the car.

Following the arrest, Mahan was taken to the Hull Police Station for “booking.” Once the “booking” had been completed, Bouchie began…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. Howard Smith Bennett v. Albert Passic, Sheriff, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
  5. Robert A. Gaudreault v. Municipality of Salem, MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by91 opinions

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  4. Kathy St. Hilaire, Etc. v. City of LaconiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
  5. Brian Zentmyer v. Kendall County, Illinois, Richard Randall, Sheriff of Kendall County, Deputy Hawkins, Deputy Gawne, Deputy Hetzel, Deputy Flowers, Deputy Pfister, Deputy Walton, Deputy Howe, Deputy Blank and Deputy KlebbaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000

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