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· 5/4/1993

City of Cambridge v. Phillips

Citations

  • 612 N.E.2d 638
  • 415 Mass. 126
  • 1993 Mass. LEXIS 259

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Prosecutors have wide ranges of discretion in deciding whether to bring charges and which specific charges to bring”
  • no vagueness problem in allowing police to choose between issuing warning and issuing citation for traffic infraction, even if citation process were treated as criminal
  • Attorney General assumed responsibility for prosecuting citation for illegal turn

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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, Greaney

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