Commonwealth v. Aponte, H.

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• finding that where \police had an objective concern for their safety . . . rooted in the articulable facts\ of situation, protective sweep following arrest was justified
• articulable facts justifying protective sweep can be found in a defendant’s “record of violent felonies and firearm possession charges” [emphasis supplied]
• articulable facts justifying protective sweep can be found in a defendant's \record of violent felonies and firearm possession charges\ [emphasis supplied]
• “[A]n objective concern for [officers’] safety [can be] rooted in the articulable facts of the defendant’s criminal history”
• protective sweep justified by arrest warrant for armed carjacking and known record of \violent felonies and firearm possession charges\
• officers saw two women in living room and learned that defendant's father was upstairs and another person was in cellar

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).