Word: scopes
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...SCOPE OF CONSENT
...Harvard Law School Lecturer Wesley Oliver said the reason given for a search may affect the scope of the consent...
...scope of the consent is governed by what the officer said he’s looking for,” he said. “So, if an officer asked, ‘you wouldn’t mind us looking for elephants in your shed?’ ‘Well, officer, go ahead’ but that’s not consent to search his tool box. Here, the cop says, ‘I’m looking for a stereo’ and he doesn’t look like he’s searching...
...creative,” he said. “If he said, ‘do you mind if I look around for drugs,’ everyone is going to say no.... What’s interesting here is he has in some ways exceeded the scope of consent. He went to places that clearly had no stereo...
...Crimson now contends that the judge erred in concluding that documents held in the custody of the HUPD did not fall within the scope of G.L. c. 66, § 10. It points out that the statutory language manifests a clear legislative intent to give the public broad access to government documents, subject only to limited exemptions that are not pertinent here. [FN3] The Crimson argues that the appointment of some HUPD officers as special State police officers or deputy sheriffs vests them with broad police powers unique to public law enforcement agencies and, therefore, the HUPD is subject...