Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/3/1995

Commonwealth v. Santana

Citations

420 Mass. 205
649 N.E.2d 717
1995 Mass. LEXIS 155

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upholding an exit order where the officer did not fear his own safety, but rather believed the defendants would have posed a danger to the public by “fleeing and becoming a danger on the highway”
Massachusetts cases require that police officers come across an item inadvertently while federal law does not
in the circumstances, police officer was justified in ordering driver out of vehicle before verifying license and registration
police may stop vehicle which is violating a motor vehicle law, here driving with defective equipment
probable cause to arrest when officer notices “a clear plastic bag under the passenger’s seat containing a white, rock-like substance”
stop justified by the existence of a broken taillight, a civil infraction in violation of G. L. c. 90, § 7

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Judges: Abrams

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