Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/3/2011
Commonwealth v. Washington
Citations
- 459 Mass. 32
- 944 N.E.2d 98
- 2011 Mass. LEXIS 36
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “officer’s reasonable suspicion of a possible, but unconfirmed, motor vehicle violation sufficiently justifies an investigatory traffic stop in order to verify or dispel that suspicion”
- police may demand identification from passenger if probable cause to believe passenger not wearing seat belt
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Judges: Botsford
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. AndradeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-06-25· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-09-22· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. MeasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-03-12· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. FernandesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-02-02· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. CassidyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-12-16· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. LoboMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-11-21· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-02-06· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. WebbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-04-29· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. ObioraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-01-08· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2024-01-11
- Commonwealth v. Dejuan Mitchell.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2024-10-28
Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court· 1983-03-23· cited 6,728×
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-15· cited 357×
- United States v. Patrick Wayde Mealy and Lance B. SpottsSeventh Circuit· 1988-07-01· cited 196×
- Commonwealth v. BorgesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-08-28· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. CastMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-07-11· cited 141×
- Commonwealth v. SantalizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-24· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. CiampaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-12-14· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-01-16· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-02-23· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-02-03· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. BostockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-02-11· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. MontezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-02-28· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. MarquettyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-11-18· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. EckertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-18· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. StephensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-05-08· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. HartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-10-20· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. FelderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-11-20· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. DixonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-06-12· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. GoeweyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-10-16· cited 27×
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