Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gunther G.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 23, 1998No. 97-P-1044PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacobs, J.
Charged with possession of a firearm without a license (G. L. c. 269, § 10[a]), the defendant moved to suppress a handgun which he is alleged to have discarded while being pursued by a Boston police officer. A Juvenile Court judge allowed the motion, concluding that the police did not have reasonable suspicion to pursue the defendant and, therefore, violated his rights under art. 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. The Commonwealth appeals. We reverse.
*117We review according to the standard recited in Commonwealth v. Moon, 380 Mass. 751, 755-756 (1980), and summarize the undisputed…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. Calvin Edwin Lender, United States of America v. Calvin Edwin LenderCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- Commonwealth v. MoonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. StouteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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3Cited by18 opinions
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