Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Davis

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 14, 2019No. SJC-12484PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGaziano, J.

**211On an afternoon in July 2015, a State police officer stopped the defendant for speeding and driving erratically on the Massachusetts Turnpike. After the traffic stop, the officer arrested the defendant for operating a motor vehicle while under the *560influence of marijuana, G. L. c. 90, § 24 (1) (a ) (1). Subsequently, police officers searched the defendant's automobile and found bags of marijuana, a firearm, and ammunition in the trunk, and oxycodone and cocaine in the locked glove compartment.1

The defendant moved to suppress the evidence seized from his automobile. A Boston Municipal…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Colorado v. BertineSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  5. McCoy v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2018

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3Cited by15 opinions

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  4. Commonwealth v. Christopher ReganMassachusetts Superior Court · 2020
  5. Commonwealth v. GuardadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2023

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