· 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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