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7 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 1983–2023 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Silvagreen2 sentences2002See Commonwealth v. Silva, 366 Mass. 402, 405 (1974). 1990We do not agree. *140 “In ‘stop and frisk’ cases our inquiry is two-fold: first, whether the initiation of the investigation by the police was permissible in the circumstances, and, second, whether the scope of the search was justified by the circumstances.” Commonwealth v. Silva, 366 Mass. 402, 405 (1974). | 3 | 3 |
Commonwealth v. Loughlingreen2 sentences1985See Commonwealth v. Loughlin, 385 Mass. 60, 63 (1982). 1985See Commonwealth v. Loughlin, 385 Mass. 60, 63 (1982). | 2 | 2 |
District Attorney v. Flatleygreen1 sentence2023See District Attorney for Norfolk Dist. v. Flatley, 419 Mass. 507, 512-513 (1995); Bougas v. Chief of Police of Lexington, 371 Mass. 59, 62 (1976). | 1 | 1 |
Bougas v. Chief of Police of Lexingtongreen1 sentence2023See District Attorney for Norfolk Dist. v. Flatley, 419 Mass. 507, 512-513 (1995); Bougas v. Chief of Police of Lexington, 371 Mass. 59, 62 (1976). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Bacongreen1 sentence1988“A police officer is warranted in making a threshold inquiry ‘where suspicious conduct gives the officer reason to suspect that a person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime.’” Commonwealth v. Bacon, 381 Mass. 642, 643 (1980), quoting Commonwealth v. Silva, 366 Mass. 402, 405 (1974). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Fraser
green
1 sentence2008As in Commonwealth v. Fraser, 410 Mass. 541 , 544 n.4 (1991), what occurred here was not the classic investigatory stop, requiring “reasonable suspicion that the person seized has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime.” Commonwealth v. DePeiza , 449 Mass, at 371. | 1 | 2008–2008 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.