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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/3/1997

Commonwealth v. Va Meng Joe

Citations

  • 425 Mass. 99
  • 682 N.E.2d 586
  • 1997 Mass. LEXIS 117

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that defendant’s slowing down as he reached the location at which the informant had indicated the rendezvous was to take place and looking around as if he were meeting someone before driving off is suspicious conduct which may be used to enhance the informant’s reliability
  • reviewing court may affirm motion judge's decision on grounds different from those relied upon by judge, if those grounds are supported by record and judge's findings of fact
  • “frequent association of guns with drug dealing . . . has been noted in appellate decisions”
  • “The motion judge was correct in denying the defendants’ motion to suppress, although we rely on a different ground”
  • appellate court free to affirm ruling on grounds different from those relied on by motion judge
  • appellate court may affirm on grounds different from motion judge provided correct or preferred basis supported by record and factual findings

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Judges: Lynch

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104 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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Other cases named Commonwealth v. Va Meng Joe

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