Massachusetts Appeals Court· 11/5/1981
Commonwealth v. Farmer
Citations
- 12 Mass. App. Ct. 961
- 428 N.E.2d 143
- 1981 Mass. App. LEXIS 1238
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “it was . . . reasonable to question [the suspects] outside their car, where they would not have access to weapons or means of escape”
- reasonable for police investigating suspected burglary to question suspects outside of vehicle, “where they would not have access to weapons or means of escape”
- wherereasonable safety precautions after a valid stop are warranted, such precautions include ordering occupants out of a car for questioning
- exit order held proper because it occurred before justified threshold inquiry
- exit order held proper because it occurred before justified threshold inquiry
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Cited by
9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. SantanaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-03· cited 151×
- Commonwealth v. BostockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-02-11· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. LoughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-01-13· cited 63×
- People v. McLaurinNew York Court of Appeals· 1987-10-13· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-01-19· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. SanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-03-24· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. LucidoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-08-15· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. MontgomeryMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-11-14· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. GonsalvesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-01-19· cited 5×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. FerraraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-29· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. WalterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-07-11· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. McCleeryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-11-29· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. FerrioliMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-09-09· cited 6×
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