Commonwealth v. Stampley

The Commonwealth appealed from an order allowing the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained during a patfrisk conducted after he was ordered out of a vehicle during a routine traffic stop. In an unpublished memorandum and order pursuant to its rule 1:28, the Appeals Court affirmed the suppression order, concluding that there was no basis for ordering the defendant out of the car. Commonwealth v. Stampley, 52 Mass. App. Ct. 1103 (2001). We granted the Commonwealth’s application for further appellate review. For the following reasons, we reverse the order granting suppression.

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