Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/6/2009

Commonwealth v. Lopes

Citations

455 Mass. 147
914 N.E.2d 78
2009 Mass. LEXIS 656

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emphasizing that “the invocation of the right to counsel must be more scrupulously honored than the invocation of the right to silence”
report that van had been involved in homicide may be considered in evaluating whether police had reasonable suspicion to stop van meeting dispatcher’s description
conviction of predicate offense underlying conviction of murder in first degree on theory of felony-murder is duplicative
broadcast directing police to be on lookout for brown van with tinted windows and Cape Verdean flag in back sufficiently particularized to support reasonable suspicion for vehicle stop
seizure occurred when the police officer drew his weapon and pointed it toward the suspect
\defendant was not in custody after his handcuffs were removed and he was told he was not under arrest\

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