Massachusetts Appeals Court· 11/15/2016
Commonwealth v. Sanders
Citations
- 90 Mass. App. Ct. 660
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- police knowledge that defendant previously arrested for drug offenses \critically important factor\ in probable cause determination
- unusual nature of \car meets\ where defendant reached hand into window of vehicle and quickly withdrew it contributed to probable cause
- probable cause found in part due to \unusual nature of the event . . . observed\ by \experienced narcotics investigator\
- \there are a myriad of factual scenarios in which such an inference [of a drug transaction] is reasonable despite the absence of any direct observation of an exchange\
- police knowledge of drug activity at location 3 was probable cause factor
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Judges: Agnes, Maldonado, Desmond
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Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1949-10-10· cited 6,013×
- Commonwealth v. ZinserMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-05-25· cited 165×
- Commonwealth v. MoffettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-03-24· cited 153×
- Commonwealth v. SantalizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-24· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. DePeizaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-06-15· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. AdamidesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-09-27· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-12· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. KennedyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-02-17· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-04-02· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. KauppMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-01-16· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-08-07· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. PimentelMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-07-17· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. Ilya I., a juvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-02-13· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. FisherMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-07-22· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. LevyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-05-17· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-06-03· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. CoronelMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-11-07· cited 4×
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