Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. DeJesus
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 12, 2007No. 06-P-1133PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
The defendant, charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, moved successfully for suppression of the dismantled handgun on which the charge was based, and a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court allowed the Commonwealth’s petition to prosecute this interlocutory appeal. See G. L. c. 278, § 28E; Mass.R.Crim.P. 15(a)(2), as appearing in 422 Mass. 1501 (1996).
*115The District Court judge, feeling constrained by appellate decisions (Maryland v. Buie, 494 U.S. 325 [1990], and Commonwealth v. Nova, 50 Mass. App. Ct. 633 [2000]), suppressed the gun as the product of an unlawful protective…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Maryland v. BuieSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by10 opinions
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