Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/12/1974
Commonwealth v. Battle
Citations
- 313 N.E.2d 554
- 365 Mass. 472
- 1974 Mass. LEXIS 674
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- when two persons ran into building in ‘apparent response’ to approaching police car, police ‘had the right — if not the duty — to conduct further visual investigation while the two persons remained in public view’
- when two persons ran into building in \apparent response\ to approaching police car, \police had the right -- if not the duty -- to conduct further visual investigation while the two persons remained in public view\
- police pursuit of already-moving suspect not seizure
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Quirico, Braucher, Wilkins
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39 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-12· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-02-26· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. WoodenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-04-15· cited 50×
- Watkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-10-03· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-02-14· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-02-23· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. StrawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-05-24· cited 33×
- United States v. BoswellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1975-10-31· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. FranklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-05-17· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. PimentelMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-07-17· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. CeriaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-02-23· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. MockMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-03-21· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. WedderburnMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-05-27· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. PenaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-08-08· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. FergusonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-10· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. HarkessMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-12-16· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. NutileMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-12-04· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. HernandezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-04-05· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. LaniganMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-07-21· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. MuleroMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-05-23· cited 13×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1963-01-14· cited 12,871×
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 5,118×
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 4,326×
- Abel v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1960-03-28· cited 1,485×
- Hester v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1924-05-05· cited 1,214×
- Commonwealth v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-07-09· cited 115×
- United States v. EdwardsFifth Circuit· 1971-04-06· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-03-02· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. LehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1964-03-06· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. HolmesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-06-11· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. BattleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1973-12-04· cited 9×
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