Commonwealth v. Wren

How courts have described this case

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

• “attempt to avoid contact with or observation by the police” may contribute to reasonable suspicion
• officer’s observations of suspect’s vehicle “traveling very slowly and then speeding up” an element supporting stop on reasonable suspicion
• police had reasonable suspicion that van was casing a neighborhood where it drove slowly down several dead end streets
• officer’s observations of suspect’s vehicle “traveling very slowly and then speeding up” one of the elements supporting a stop on reasonable suspicion
• van not recognized by neighbors, parked with engine running, on dead-end street in quiet residential neighborhood
• when officer has no basis for initiating stop, defendant’s flight in response to show of authority cannot justify stop

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).