Massachusetts Appeals Court· 7/31/2015

Commonwealth v. Evans

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87 Mass. App. Ct. 687

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explaining that duration and intensity of police questioning can be \sufficiently intimidating\ that reasonable person in defendant's position would feel compelled to answer
“our cases have consistently held that ‘a defendant’s nervous movements or appearance alone is insufficient’ to create reasonable suspicion” [citation omitted]
\The fact that the police offered no justification for deeming the defendant worthy of investigation does not turn their initial actions into a seizure\
although initial questioning from cruiser was not seizure, officer effected seizure by getting out of vehicle and continuing to question defendant
although police car pulling up alongside defendant did not constitute seizure, stop occurred when officers walked up to him, asked him to identify himself, where he was going, what he was doing, and what was in his mouth

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Judges: Katzmann, Milkey, Agnes

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