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Commonwealth v. Phillips

Citations

  • 595 N.E.2d 310
  • 413 Mass. 50
  • 1992 Mass. LEXIS 379

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • describing how informal policy of Boston police created \martial law\ for some young African-Americans
  • stop and search of black youths in high-crime area on suspicion of gang involvement invalidated
  • where dismissal of indictments would have little or no deterrent effect, suppression of evidence is proper remedy for Fourth Amendment violation
  • proper remedy for illegal search was suppression, not dismissal

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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Abrams, Lynch, O'Connor, Greaney

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