Massachusetts Appeals Court· 9/19/2003

Commonwealth v. Gomes

Citations

59 Mass. App. Ct. 332
795 N.E.2d 1217
2003 Mass. App. LEXIS 982

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refusing to grant a jury instruction on the right to forcibly resist an unlawful police entry
refusing to grant a jury instruction on the right to forcibly resist an unlawful police entry
“Neither Fourth Amendment nor art. 14 exclusionary rules extend to suppression of evidence of crimes that are in reaction to an illegal search or seizure”
that officer grabbed defendant in his home to effect an arrest was \neither conscience-shocking nor egregious\
no right to excessive force and self-defense instruction where issue is unlawful entry by police; right is limited to instances where police use excessive or unnecessary force upon the person
uniformed officers identified themselves as police officers

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Judges: Grasso, McHugh

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