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Panel reviews impoundment and inventory-search rules after car towed from gas-station lot
Summary
Counsel debated whether officers properly impounded an unregistered vehicle found at a gas station and whether written police policy and reasonable practical alternatives required the judge to suppress later evidence; the defense emphasized the private-property context and claimed officers did not consider alternatives.
The appeals court heard argument in Commonwealth v. Beechman about whether the impoundment of an unregistered vehicle and a subsequent inventory search complied with policy and Article 14 principles.
Paul Lynn, for the Commonwealth, cited cases holding impoundment of an unregistered or uninsured vehicle is typically…
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