Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Warren
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 10, 2015No. AC 13-P-820PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, J.
On appeal from his conviction of carrying a firearm, the defendant claims error in the denial of his motion to suppress a firearm. The firearm was recovered near the sidewalk on which the defendant ran from police who sought to question him concerning a breaking and entering that had occurred at a nearby residence earlier that evening. At issue is whether there was *477reasonable suspicion to justify the directive to stop issued by one of the officers during his pursuit of the defendant. We conclude that reasonable suspicion justified the stop, and therefore affirm.
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2Cases cited71 opinions
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- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Illinois v. WardlowSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WarrenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. DyetteMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2015