A court case involving a Holyoke man has been ruled on by the Supreme Judicial Court.
In a split decision announced, the court's chief justice wrote police went too far when they searched the vehicle of Anthony Ortiz during a traffic stop in 2015.
Officers say they found two guns when they removed an air filter.
Ortiz reportedly gave permission for police to search his vehicle for drugs, but the court ruled that permission didn't extend to the engine compartment.