Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Tracy
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 19, 1989No. 88-P-763PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDreben, J.
A few minutes before 9:00 p.m., on May 9, 1986, as the Triple A Supermarket in Needham was about to close, Patrick Tracy entered the market, asked for the manager, and held him up at gunpoint. Tracy left with about $5,600 in cash. Responding to a radio dispatch about the armed robbery, the police at first followed and then engaged in a 4.9 mile chase of a green Ford LTD whose driver refused to pull over. Pursued at times by four police cruisers with flashing lights and activated sirens, the Ford hit three cars before it stopped. Halfway through the chase, the gun used in the robbery was…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. DickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. SherryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. OwensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. NettoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. CannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. CarverMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. MauricioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
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