Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mason
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 21, 2009PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
The Commonwealth appeals from the allowance by a District Court judge of the defendant’s pretrial motion to dismiss criminal charges on the basis of egregious, deliberate, and intentional, but nonprejudicial, police misconduct. We conclude that dismissal was not proper in the circumstances of this case, where lesser sanctions were available, and we vacate the dismissal and remand the matter to the District Court for further proceedings.
1. Background. We recite the essential facts found by the motion judge, reserving certain details for our discussion. On a Saturday afternoon in March, 2006,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CinelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. CronkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. LewinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. HineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. FontaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. FrithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. CarneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. Washington W.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. SanfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
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