Massachusetts Appeals Court· 9/21/1992
Commonwealth v. Rivera
Citations
- 599 N.E.2d 245
- 33 Mass. App. Ct. 311
- 1992 Mass. App. LEXIS 784
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- observation that passenger bent forward “as if to place something on the floor” contributed to officer’s justification for exit order and patfrisk
- “[e]valuation of the propriety of a frisk search . . . involves the whole picture”
- driver had no license, police officer outnumbered, aluminum bat under front passenger seat, back seat passenger holding object large enough to conceal weapon
- fact that defendant bent forward, as if to place something on the floor, as trooper approached the car, could be considered as factor in the search
- observation that passenger bent forward “as if to place something on the floor” contributed to officer’s justification for exit order and pat-frisk
- suspect looked around when trooper put his lights on, bending forward as if to place something on the floor
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Judges: Warner, Kass, Laurence
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36 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. GonsalvesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-06-14· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. StampleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-07-18· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. SweezeyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-09-08· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. BartlettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-10-09· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. CiaramitaroMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-05-23· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. HolleyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-02· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-06-24· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. AlvarezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-04-07· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. FisherMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-02-25· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. Nestor N.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-08-28· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. HeughanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-02-28· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. HortonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-05-20· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. BermentMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-12-08· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. PrevostMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-03-11· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. EmuakporMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-01-23· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. FeyenordMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-10-01· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. RosadoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-08-30· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-02-11· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. RobieMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-05-08· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. MantinezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-04-03· cited 12×
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