Commonwealth v. Pinney

How courts have described this case

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• description included prominent facial mark; the appellant was four inches shorter, thirty pounds lighter, and had no facial marks
• “[I]n the case of a self-protective search for weapons, a police officer must be able to point to particular facts from which he could reasonably infer that the individual was armed and dangerous.”
• “[I]n the case of a self-protective search for weapons, a police officer must be able to point to particular facts from which he could reasonably infer that the individual was armed and dangerous.”
• “[I]t is this Court’s duty to make an independent examination of probable cause, apart from any conclusions drawn by a trial judge or other appellate court, to ensure that the constitutional criteria established to safeguard Fourth Amendment rights have been respected.”

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