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6 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 2005–2021 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. Tavaresgreen2 sentences2021Commonwealth v. Tavares, 482 Mass. 694, 703 (2019). 2020See Commonwealth v. Tavares, 482 Mass. 694, 703 (2019) ("Where an officer conducts 'an uneventful threshold inquiry giving rise to no further suspicion of criminal activity, [t]he [officer] may not prolong the detention or expand the inquiry.")), quoting Buckley, 478 Mass. at 873 . | 2 | 2 |
Commonwealth v. Kinggreen2 sentences2009See Commonwealth v. King, 389 Mass. at 243-244 ; Commonwealth v. Torres, 424 Mass. 153, 158-159 (1997). 2005See Commonwealth v. Torres, 424 Mass. 153, 158-159 (1997); Commonwealth v. King, 389 Mass. 233, 243-244 (1983). | 2 | 2 |
Commonwealth v. Torresgreen2 sentences2009See Commonwealth v. King, 389 Mass. at 243-244 ; Commonwealth v. Torres, 424 Mass. 153, 158-159 (1997). 2005See Commonwealth v. Torres, 424 Mass. 153, 158-159 (1997); Commonwealth v. King, 389 Mass. 233, 243-244 (1983). | 2 | 2 |
Commonwealth v. Gonsalvesgreen1 sentence2020As the Supreme Judicial Court has explained, "[c]itizens do not expect that police officers handling a routine traffic violation will engage, in the absence of justification, in stalling tactics, obfuscation, strained conversation or unjustified exit orders, to prolong the seizure in the hope that, sooner or later, the stop might yield up some evidence of an arrestable crime." Commonwealth v. Gonsalves, 429 Mass. 658, 663 (1999). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Buckleygreen1 sentence2020See Commonwealth v. Tavares, 482 Mass. 694, 703 (2019) ("Where an officer conducts 'an uneventful threshold inquiry giving rise to no further suspicion of criminal activity, [t]he [officer] may not prolong the detention or expand the inquiry.")), quoting Buckley, 478 Mass. at 873 . | 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. Feyenord
green
2 sentences2018"Where an officer conducts an uneventful threshold inquiry giving rise to no further suspicion of criminal activity, he may not prolong the *779 detention or expand the inquiry." Feyenord , 445 Mass. at 78 n.5, 833 N.E.2d 590 . 2018"Where an officer conducts an uneventful threshold inquiry giving rise to no further suspicion of criminal activity, he may not prolong the *779 detention or expand the inquiry." Feyenord , 445 Mass. at 78 n.5, 833 N.E.2d 590 . | 3 | 2009–2018 |
Commonwealth v. Sinforoso
green
1 sentence2009Contrast Commonwealth v. Sinforoso, supra. Moreover, the court expressly distinguished its decision in the Feyenord case from the type of circumstances present here, where the driver of a vehicle produced a valid license and registration during an uneventful threshold inquiry, giving rise to no further suspicion of criminal activity. | 1 | 2009–2009 |
United States v. Jessie Jerome Perkins, Jr., Johnny Lewis Scott
green
1 sentence2005The case squarely falls within the category of cases discussed in note 5, supra, involving an improper detention and expanded investigation after an uneventful threshold inquiry, and its reasoning is therefore inapplicable to this case, where the officer’s initial inquiry raised reasonable suspicions of “other illegal activity beyond the traffic offense.” United States v. Perkins, supra at 970 . | 1 | 2005–2005 |
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.