Commonwealth v. Alford

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding trial court abused discretion in instructing jury that “officers were in fact making or attempting a lawful arrest”
• warrantless arrest was lawful where the summary offense of disorderly conduct involved both a breach of the peace and a danger to personal safety
• arrest for underage drinking authorized where behavior amounted to disorderly conduct.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).