Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 26, 2009PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
The defendant, Anthony Johnson, was charged in a three-count complaint with possession of “crack” cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32A (a); possession of a class B substance, two “percot pills,” in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 34; and a school zone violation, G. L. c. 94C, § 32J. He moved to suppress the evidence of controlled *160substances, arguing that the police officers conducted an impermissible patfrisk of him in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and art. 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. A judge in the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. FraserMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. Va Meng JoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. Isaiah I.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
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3Cited by21 opinions
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