COMMONWEALTH v. MCCARTHY

No. 07-P-1051.

71 Mass. App. Ct. 591 (2008)

884 N.E.2d 991

COMMONWEALTH v. LINDA M. McCARTHY.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Steinfield, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Jennifer B. Koiles for the defendant.

Present: CYPHER, ARMSTRONG, & RUBIN, JJ.


This is an interlocutory appeal by the Commonwealth authorized by a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court pursuant to Mass.R.Crim.P. 15(a)(2), as appearing in 422 Mass. 1501 (1996). This appeal presents the question whether there was an emergency justifying the warrantless search of the defendant's handbag by an officer of the...

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