Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Bannister

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided February 21, 2019No. 17-P-361PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKinder, J.

*816*751On February 28, 2013, Courtney Jackson was shot twice in the back as he boarded a bus at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) station on Dudley Street in the Roxbury area of Boston. A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant, Jamel Bannister, of murder in the second degree and unlawfully carrying a firearm based on evidence that he aided and abetted Brian Cooper in the shooting.1 On appeal, the defendant claims that his convictions should be reversed because (1) the police lacked reasonable suspicion to stop him after the shooting *817and evidence seized thereafter should…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  4. Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  5. Commonwealth v. LaniganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. COMMONWEALTH v. JOAQUIN DIAZ.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2022
  2. COMMONWEALTH v. S. CHRISTOPHER M. BOYER / COMMONWEALTH v. S. ROMUALD BERNAUDMassachusetts Superior Court · 2024
  3. COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAM A. CASH.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2022
  4. Commonwealth v. CintronMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2024

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