Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/7/2014

Commonwealth v. Stewart

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469 Mass. 257
13 N.E.3d 981

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holding that “reasonable suspicion alone was not sufficient to allow [a. police officer] lawfully to open [a] hard cigarette box, where there was nothing to-suggest that a weapon was inside”
reasonable suspicion for stop where defendant with prior drug arrest was observed huddled with others briefly at site known for drug use
reasonable suspicion based in part on officer observing people \huddle\ in a street \often used by drug users\
defendant's false denial of having participated in suspicious activity of which police were already aware \strengthens the suspicion that the defendant had participated in a drug transaction\
defendant’s false denial of having participated in suspicious activity of which police were already aware “strengthens the suspicion that the defendant had participated in a drug transaction”
officer's knowledge of defendant's previous drug distribution arrest added to reasonable suspicion

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Judges: Ireland, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, Duffly, Lenk

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