Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Baez
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 5, 1997No. 95-P-527PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
This case presents the novel question whether a deputy sheriff has the authority to stop a motorist for a civil motor vehicle infraction and to arrest him for a criminal offense. The salient facts are not contested. On the night of March 31, 1994, Deputy Sheriff Christine Ruggieri noticed the defendant operating his car on a public way with a defective headlight. Based on that observation, she stopped him and requested his operator’s license. Unable to comply, the defendant admitted that his Massachusetts operator’s license had been revoked. After confirming this information by computer…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GormanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Commonwealth v. CavanaughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. GriseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. LeBlancMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. HoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JewettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. TwomblyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Sheriff of Middlesex County v. International Brotherhood of Correctional Officers, Local R1-193Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
- Sheriff v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. GernrichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
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