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Commonwealth v. Jordan

Citations

  • 469 Mass. 134
  • 12 N.E.3d 371

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  • deciding Commonwealth's untimely appeal despite lack of good cause for late filing because \there sometimes has been a lack of clarity\ by single justices in application of procedural rules governing timeliness
  • single justice must resolve any issues related to timeliness of notice of appeal before ruling on substance of application seeking interlocutory appeal
  • discussing interplay of Mass. R. Crim. P. 15 and Mass. R. A. P. 4, and limitation on extension of time that lower court may grant for filing notices of appeal
  • police lacked probable cause where vehicle with license plate number matching that involved in shooting two days earlier was known to be rented and officers did not know identity of renter or terms of rental arrangement

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Judges: Ireland, Spina, Botsford, Gants, Duffly, Lenk

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