Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Phillips
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 9, 1992PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
The defendants were indicted for unlawfully carrying a firearm in a vehicle and for the unlawful possession of ammunition. The defendant Woody moved that the court “dismiss the indictments against him or [ ] suppress all evidence obtained pursuant to his stop, detention and arrest on July 21, 1989.” With a judge’s permission, the defendant Phillips orally joined in Woody’s motion. After a hearing on the motion, the judge dismissed all the indictments. The Commonwealth appealed, and we transferred the case to this court on our own initiative. We now reverse the order dismissing the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. BotsfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Poirier v. Town of PlymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. AntobenedettoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DrumgoldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. GrinkleyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. Van CaoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. ReynoldsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. HernandezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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