464 Mass. 566 - Appellant Montoya Brief - Mass Cases

anot r radio transmission from Trooper Porter
informing him that he ( Porter) had talked to
the driver of the pick-up t and that he been
him smoking. MTS1/46,48-50. Trooper Saunders then
got out of his vehicle approached the brown
Toyota. The defendant, who was the driver of the
brown T a, asked the what was going on.
Trooper Saunders asked the if he had just
bought drugs in the parking and then orde him
out of the motor vehicle. er the defendant
stepped out his car, Trooper Saunders pat fris
the defendant and retrieved his wallet, his I.D. and
a wad of cash in the amount of Thirteen Hundred
00/100 ($1,300) Dollars approx 1 Y . MT S 1 / 4 9 , 5 0
51. After Trooper Saunders then advised the
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defendant of his Miranda rights, placed him under
arrest and put him in his vehicle. Trooper Saunders­
drove the de ndant to the Medfo State Police
Barracks. The brown Toyota was so towed to the
barracks. MTS1 52-53.
At the barrae , the defendant was first placed
a holding cell. MTS1/77-78. Before the defendant
was booked, Trooper Saunders told the fendant that
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