Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/28/1997

Commonwealth v. Barros

Citations

425 Mass. 572
682 N.E.2d 849
1997 Mass. LEXIS 186

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detaining group for fifteen minutes to present them to witnesses permissible
suspect's brief detention occasioned by necessity to transport him to scene is reasonable part of an investigatory stop
suspect’s brief detention occasioned by necessity to transport him to scene is reasonable part of an investigatory stop
“defendant’s brief detention occasioned by the necessity to transport a witness to the scene of a threshold inquiry is a reasonable part of such an investigatory stop”
“The defendant’s belief cannot be deemed reasonable on the ground that, due to intoxication, he misapprehended the situation.”
officer who detains person on reasonable suspicion may detain for short period, fifteen minutes, to transport person for identification purposes

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