Massachusetts Appeals Court· 4/11/1994
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Citations
- 631 N.E.2d 71
- 36 Mass. App. Ct. 336
- 1994 Mass. App. LEXIS 375
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Nothing in [Couture ] precludes an officer from effecting a protective weapons-frisk where the officer has reason to suspect that a gun is being carried in public in a situation that objectively gives rise to public safety concerns.”
- woman who neighborhood resident told police was carrying a gun acted in angry, belligerent, and out-of-control manner as police officer approached
- defendant, reportedly carrying a handgun, angrily shouting obscenities at a man and police, was “not wholly in control of herself”
- individual who reported to the police that the defendant was carrying a handgun in her purse was “a neighborhood person [9] known to” the patrolling police officer
- a report from a known citizen that a gun is being carried in public warrants investigation by the police
- individual carrying handgun in her purse, shouting obscenities and gesticulating in angry manner
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Judges: Armstrong, Kass, Smith
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15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. GrinkleyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-12-16· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. LoveMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-10-08· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. PaganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-08-27· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. FosterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-03-01· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. FletcherMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-07-27· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-02-11· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. DeJesusMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-06-23· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. BarrosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-07-10· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. EdwardsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-05-15· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. Pierre P.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-11-09· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-11-20· cited 4×
- COMMONWEALTH v. LUIS H. PEREIRA.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-10-14· cited 1×
- Perry v. BordleyD. Massachusetts· 2005-07-18
- Commonwealth v. FamaniaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-04-28
- Commonwealth v. PannellMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-11-30
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
- Commonwealth v. FraserMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-02· cited 130×
- Commonwealth v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-09-11· cited 109×
- United States v. Jan W. JacksonSecond Circuit· 1981-06-15· cited 99×
- Commonwealth v. BottariMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-08-28· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. CoutureMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-09· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. TooleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-11· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. BallouMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-03· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. CareyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-05-29· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. FitzgibbonsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-12-30· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. HurdMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-07-30· cited 16×
- United States v. VillanuevaFirst Circuit· 1994-02-03· cited 15×
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