Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1/19/1999
Commonwealth v. Williams
Citations
- 46 Mass. App. Ct. 181
- 704 N.E.2d 212
- 1999 Mass. App. LEXIS 50
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- officer testified that defendant driver “was acting suspiciously], ‘moving around’ and appeared extremely ‘nervous’ ”
- exit order improper where based solely on observation that defendant \appeared extremely 'nervous'\
- “[T]here is danger for a police officer inherent in any auto stop”
- “The trooper’s testimony that the defendant and his fellow passenger had ‘nervous looks’ or appeared to be ‘tense’ are ‘general descriptions [that] fall short of the ‘specific and articulable facts’ which are required to demonstrate reasonableness”
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Judges: Warner
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. GonsalvesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-06-14· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-11-02· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. PaganMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-06-29· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. HortonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-05-20· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-10-21· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. StackMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-05-25· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. HookerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-02· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. RoblesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-01-27· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-10-26· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. MathisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-03-02· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-09-14· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-01-05· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-06-07· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. BarretoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-12-23
- Commonwealth v. MercedesMassachusetts Superior Court· 1999-02-09
- Commonwealth v. KerrMassachusetts Superior Court· 2004-03-08
- Commonwealth v. CardinMassachusetts Superior Court· 2006-04-18
- Commonwealth v. RivasMassachusetts Superior Court· 2006-05-30
Cites
21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1963-01-14· cited 12,871×
- United States v. CortezSupreme Court· 1981-01-21· cited 5,975×
- Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court· 1977-12-05· cited 3,269×
- Maryland v. WilsonSupreme Court· 1997-02-19· cited 1,555×
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-11-14· cited 300×
- Commonwealth v. SantanaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-03· cited 151×
- Commonwealth v. SannaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-01-13· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. AlmeidaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-08-29· cited 130×
- Commonwealth v. SelbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-26· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-16· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. MosesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-07-18· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. BaconMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-10-16· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. FerraraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-29· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. LoughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-01-13· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. RobbinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-03· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. VazquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-11-07· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. LantiguaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-05-11· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. BartlettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-10-09· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. AlvarezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-04-07· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-12-16· cited 12×
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