Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Horton
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 20, 2005No. 03-P-1544PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
Once again, we consider the constitutional limits on police when they order a driver or passenger of a motor vehicle, stopped for a motor vehicle violation, to leave the vehicle. See Pennsylvania v. Mimms, 434 U.S. 106, 109-111 (1977), which established that in a routine stop a police officer may order the driver out of a lawfully stopped vehicle as a matter of course. Contrast Commonwealth v. Gonsalves, 429 Mass. 658, 662-663 (1999), holding that art. 14 of the Declaration of Rights of the Massachusetts Constitution requires reasonable suspicion of danger to the officer or others before a…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Florida v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Commonwealth v. MatchettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. GonsalvesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
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