Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bazinet
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 13, 2010No. 08-P-1681PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Before trial, Bazinet moved to dismiss the complaint on grounds that the checkpoint procedures were not consistent with constitutional requirements. Before hearing the motion, a judge of the District Court reported the case for an answer to two questions of law he said arose frequently in the District Court. See Mass.R.Crim.P. 34, as amended, 442 Mass. 1501 (2004); Mass.R. A.P. 5, as amended, 378 Mass. 930 (1979). See generally Commonwealth v. Caracciola, 409 Mass. 648, 650 (1991). The questions are these:
“1. The Massachusetts State Police General Order (TRF-15) [which governed operation of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McGeogheganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. CaracciolaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- People v. RizzoMichigan Court of Appeals · 2000
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. McPartlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2012
- People v. BruniAppellate Court of Illinois · 2010
- Commonwealth v. EmertonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018
- People v. BruniAppellate Court of Illinois · 2010