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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 21 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Commonwealth v. Stampley.

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1 Commonwealth v. Stampley Anchor
mass · 2002
green “the justification for an exit order does not depend on the presence of an 'immediate threat' at the precise moment of the order, but rather on the safety concerns raised by the entire circumstances of the encounter.” 13
2 Commonwealth v. Stampley
mass · 2002
green “a heightened awareness of danger that would warrant an objectively reasonable police officer” 4
3 Commonwealth v. Rosado
massappct · 2013
green “a police officer need point only to some fact or facts in the totality of the circumstances that would . . . warrant an objectively reasonable officer in securing the scene in a more effective manner.” 4

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