MA: Where passenger can drive car away and avoid impoundment, inventory is “reasonably necessary”

When a passenger can drive the vehicle away, the police cannot impound it because impoundment isn’t “reasonably necessary.” Commonwealth v. Goncalves-Mendez, 2020 Mass. LEXIS 65 (Feb. 3, 2020).

A supervisory writ doesn’t lie to attempt to appeal denial of a motion to suppress just because petitioner likely would be deported if convicted. There is still the criminal appellate process. Manlok Chui v. Fourth Judicial Dist. Court, 2020 Mont. LEXIS 350 (Jan. 28, 2020).