Commonwealth v. Davis

By Judge Robert F. Doherty, Jr.

Defendant, a passenger in a car lawfully parked at the curb, was conversing during the daytime with three to five individuals who were standing on the sidewalk. Two uniformed officers driving by in a marked police vehicle, being aware that numerous reports of drug sales and shots fired came from this area of town, suspected drug activity. They stopped to observe, but saw nothing suspicious. Shortly thereafter, the driver and the passenger reentered the vehicle and pulled onto the traveled portion of the road. No traffic was affected by this maneuver. They were…