Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Harris
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 2, 1981PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
After a jury-waived trial in the Boston Municipal Court, the defendant was convicted of possession of class C (LSD) and class D (marihuana) controlled substances. He claims error in the denial of his motion to suppress the controlled substances. The LSD was discovered as a result of a routine search when he entered the Suffolk County Court House; the marihuana was discovered in an inventory search at the police station following his arrest. The judge ruled that the defendant consented to the search at the court house. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion, and we affirm the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. Lee Skipwith, IIICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Ramon AlbaradoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- George L. Downing, William H. Merrill v. Robert L. KunzigCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- McMorris v. AliotoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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