Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Quinn
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 20, 2007No. 06-P-773PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKantrowitz, J.
In the middle of the night, when snow had recently fallen, a police officer stopped the only motor vehicle on the road driving from the direction of a gasoline station break-in that had occurred five minutes earlier. The motion *477judge, finding that the police officer stopped the motor vehicle on a hunch, allowed the defendants’ motions to suppress evidence. The Commonwealth appeals, claiming that the officer had reasonable suspicion to make the stop. We agree and reverse.
Facts.2 On January 20, 2004, at approximately 1:45 a.m., officers from the Middleborough police department responded to an…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. GrandisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. StouteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. JimenezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- State v. ParoSupreme Court of Vermont · 2012
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