Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Johnson

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided May 1, 2003No. 02-P-39PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDreben, J.

Convicted of larceny from the person, the defendant claims error in the trial judge’s refusal to suppress out-of-court and in-court identifications of the defendant that he alleges to be the fruits of an illegal stop. We affirm.

The following facts were elicited at a hearing on the motion to suppress at which Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) police officer, Christopher Maynard, was the sole witness. At about 2:00 a.m. on February 10, 2001, Maynard, while driving in his marked cruiser with a partner, saw the defendant sprinting down Kneeland Street near Harrington *13Street in…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. FredetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
  4. Commonwealth v. SaiaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. ManningMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DuncanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2008
  2. Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2019
  3. Commonwealth v. AmanMassachusetts Superior Court · 2006
  4. Commonwealth v. MasonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2019
  5. Commonwealth v. MullerMassachusetts Superior Court · 2004

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