Massachusetts Appeals Court· 9/11/2015
Commonwealth v. Garcia
Citations
- 88 Mass. App. Ct. 307
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- holding that flight coupled with suspicious way in which defendant held his waistband, the direction in which he was walking, and turning away from the police when they approached him provided reasonable suspicion
- holding that flight coupled with suspicious way in which defendant held his waistband, the direction in which he was walking, and turning away from the police when they approached him provided reasonable suspicion
- noting Supreme Judicial Court has not provided requirements of what must be contained in jury-waiver colloquy
- jury waiver sufficient even though judge did not ask about defendant's education, did not ask whether any promises were made to defendant, did not provide 9 details of procedure of jury trial, and did not explain requirement of unanimity
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Judges: Rubin, Milkey, Carhart
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- Commonwealth v. DePeizaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-06-15· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-17· cited 117×
- Ciummei v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-07-25· cited 115×
- Commonwealth v. WrenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-04-19· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. PavaoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-11-18· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. SchofieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-09· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. HardyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-05-06· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. HernandezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-06-02· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. OnouhaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-12-22· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. TowersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-12-01· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. QuezadaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-11-02· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. QuezadaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-02-01· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. RidlonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-03-07· cited 3×
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