Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/17/2010
Commonwealth v. Franklin
Citations
- 456 Mass. 818
- 926 N.E.2d 199
- 2010 Mass. LEXIS 217
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that an individual being chased was generally not free to leave
- explaining that an individual being chased was generally not free to leave
- following a person, without some other show of authority, is not a seizure
- “fact of concealment of... weapon... gives rise to . . . reasonable suspicion that weapon is being carried unlawfully
- reasonable suspicion where police observed defendant toss something over fence as he ran and police heard metallic sound when object hit ground
- \seizure for art. 14 purposes may be effectuated by police conduct that falls short of the physical detention of the suspect\
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Cowin, Marshall
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. DyetteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-06-24· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-01-11· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. EvansMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-07-31· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. SounMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-06-21· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-03-19· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-05-22· cited 3×
- Walker v. FeminoDistrict of Columbia· 2018-05-02· cited 2×
- Gunter v. CiceroDistrict of Columbia· 2019-03-11· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. Shane S., a juvenileMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-09-27
- Commonwealth v. MattaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-10-21
- Commonwealth v. NormanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-03-17
- Commonwealth v. EvelynMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-09-17
- Commonwealth v. RingadorMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-10-06
- Commonwealth v. PinckneyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-11
- Commonwealth v. MasonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-01-18
- Commonwealth v. Orion O.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-05-21
- Commonwealth v. Jose ReyesMassachusetts Superior Court· 2020-12-04
- Commonwealth v. Byron PalmerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2025-09-19
Cites
25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court· 1980-06-30· cited 6,313×
- California v. Hodari D.Supreme Court· 1991-04-23· cited 3,670×
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-11-14· cited 300×
- Commonwealth v. GrandisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-01-03· cited 215×
- Commonwealth v. MatosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-02-26· cited 208×
- Commonwealth v. YesilcimanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-02-22· cited 194×
- Commonwealth v. StouteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-05-30· cited 178×
- Commonwealth v. JeffriesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 151×
- People v. ShabazMichigan Supreme Court· 1985-12-04· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. DePeizaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-06-15· cited 126×
- People v. ThomasSupreme Court of Colorado· 1983-03-28· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. BarrosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-09-28· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-08· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. SmiglianoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-05-20· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. CoutureMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-09· cited 65×
- People v. ArchuletaSupreme Court of Colorado· 1999-03-08· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. MurdoughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-02-01· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. BattleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-06-12· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. RockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-05-26· cited 44×
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