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Commonwealth v. Grassa

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided February 6, 1997No. 96-P-1090PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.

The undisputed material facts are as follows. About 4:00 p.m., May 7, 1994, John Thomas and Winston Harper, plainclothed security guards at the Stop & Shop supermarket in Malden, leaving the store to attend to a case of shoplifting, heard a car alarm go off in a Chevrolet van in the adjacent parking lot. With the alarm still sounding, the defendant (later positively identified) and another man quit the van and walked away. The steering wheel had been tom apart. While Harper remained in the parking area watching the suspects in their course, Thomas went indoors to inform Paul Howard, the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LeviaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  2. Commonwealth v. DominicoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  4. Julian v. RandazzoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. FosterColorado Court of Appeals · 1998
  2. Commonwealth v. GoldsteinMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
  3. Commonwealth v. CruzadoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
  4. Commonwealth v. RichardsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
  5. Commonwealth v. CruzMassachusetts Superior Court · 2002

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