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· 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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