Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cabrera
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 25, 2010No. 09-P-274PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrasso, J.
On October 15, 2007, Boston police officers arrested the defendant, Enrique Cabrera, after a patfrisk revealed that he was unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm. The defendant *342moved to suppress the firearm and other evidence seized, and after an evidentiary hearing, a judge of the Boston Municipal Court allowed the defendant’s motion.1 The judge concluded that the police lacked the requisite reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to stop the defendant and the requisite reasonable apprehension of danger to frisk him.
A single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court allowed the Commonwealth’s…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Richards v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. GonsalvesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. JimenezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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3Cited by10 opinions
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