Massachusetts Appeals Court· 4/15/1993

Commonwealth v. Andrews

Citations

611 N.E.2d 252
34 Mass. App. Ct. 324
1993 Mass. App. LEXIS 395

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holding that an officer used reasonable force in detaining the defendant and three companions because he had reasonable belief to detain under Terry, when he blocked their vehicle into a driveway, held them at gun point, handcuffed, and pat-frisked them
holding four men at gunpoint for five to six minutes until able to “flag down” assistance and then pat frisking and handcuffing them was not overly intrusive when the officer justified due to concern for his safety and the safety of others
applying collective knowledge doctrine to determination of reasonable suspicion justifying investigatory stop
based on the collective knowledge doctrine, the officer had reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop
Commonwealth provided evidence that officer responsible for broadcast had reasonable suspicion based on specific and articulable facts
officer blocked defendant’s vehicle and ordered men out of vehicle at gunpoint and to lie face down on the ground until other officers arrived to conduct patfrisk

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Judges: Gillerman, Kass, Porada

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