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Commonwealth v. Garcia

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  • 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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