· 1/10/1973
Commonwealth v. Hawkes
Citations
- 291 N.E.2d 411
- 362 Mass. 786
- 1973 Mass. LEXIS 360
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- officer entitled to remove package from person’s jacket pocket because, after touching the bulge it created, there was nothing in his perception to indicate it was not a weapon either because of size or density
- officer “determined” that package contained marihuana
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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Hennessey, Kaplan, Wilkins
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