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Commonwealth v. Ancrum

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided March 3, 2006No. 05-P-153PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.

Following the indictment of each of the four defendants for multiple firearms violations and for trafficking in cocaine, a Superior Court judge allowed their motions to suppress evidence obtained when State police, acting on a radio report of a shooting in Fitchburg, stopped the car in which they were traveling. A single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court granted the Commonwealth’s application for interlocutory appeal and reported the case to this court for determination.2 3For the reasons stated infra, we conclude that there was error in the application of legal principles. We therefore…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Florida v. J. L.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  5. Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MubdiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
  2. Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
  3. Commonwealth v. PerezMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2011
  4. Commonwealth v. GoeweyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
  5. Commonwealth v. McKoyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2013

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