Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. DeJesus

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided June 23, 2008No. 07-P-803PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGreen, J.

The Commonwealth appeals from an order of a Boston Municipal Court judge, allowing the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless search.1 We affirm the order, because at the time the police ordered the defendant to step out of the vehicle in which he was seated, police had no reasonable suspicion that he had committed, or was about to commit, a crime, and there was no imminent threat to public safety.

*118Background. We summarize the motion judge’s findings of fact, supplemented by uncontested evidence that the judge appears to have credited. See Commonwealth v. Isaiah…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
  2. Commonwealth v. YesilcimanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
  3. Commonwealth v. JimenezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
  4. Commonwealth v. Isaiah I.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
  5. Commonwealth v. MercadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
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  4. COMMONWEALTH v. S. CHRISTOPHER M. BOYER / COMMONWEALTH v. S. ROMUALD BERNAUDMassachusetts Superior Court · 2024
  5. Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2015

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