Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fitzgibbons
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 30, 1986PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
The defendant is charged with unlawfully carrying a firearm, G. L. c. 269, § 10(a), and possession of marihuana, G. L. c. 94C, § 34. The Commonwealth appeals from an order of a judge of the Boston Municipal Court allowing the defendant’s pretrial motion to suppress the firearm and the marihuana. These had been seized, according to the judge’s findings, in the following circumstance.
About 11:00 p.m. on the evening of July 4, 1985, Boston police Officer Carl Nemes and his partner, patrolling in a cruiser, received a radio dispatch telling them to be on the lookout for a blue Pinto hatchback…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. HensleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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- Commonwealth v. MosesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. BostockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
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