Legal Opinion
State v. Maloney
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided October 26, 1971No. 769-Ex. &c., 770-Ex. &cPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
These two indictments arose out of circumstances which can be briefly summarized as follows:
It appears that on May 4, 1967, officer Nickerson of the Lincoln Police Department who was on duty in a police cruiser in that town, observed an automobile bearing Massachusetts registration plates P48109, occupied by three persons, which he decided to stop for a routine license and registration check conformable to the provisions of G. L. 1956, §§31-3-9 and 31-10-27. The operator of the Massachusetts car, later identified as defendant, when asked for his license and registration, was unable to produce…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Harold B. Dorman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Commonwealth v. FancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- State v. ColemanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
- Commonwealth v. PatrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. LernerSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1973
- State v. McGeheartySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1978
- State v. DeMasiSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- State v. NearySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
- State v. MaloneySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1973
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