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COMMONWEALTH v. WHITE

No. SJC-11497.

469 Mass. 96 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAM T. WHITE, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 11, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Molari for the defendant.

Crystal Lee Lyons , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.

GANTS, J.

The issues presented in this case concern the lawful scope of a search incident to arrest, an inventory search, and a seizure under the plain view doctrine where a defendant is arrested on outstanding arrest warrants. Because we conclude that, in the circumstances of this case, the police exceeded the lawful scope of a search under each of these exceptions to the warrant requirement, we reverse the denial of the...

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