| Docket # | SJC-10255 |
| Date | January 6, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, JJ.
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| Summary | Practice, Criminal, Motion to suppress. Threshold police inquiry. Search and seizure, Threshold police inquiry, Protective frisk, Reasonable suspicion. Constitutional law, Investigatory stop, Search and seizure, Reasonable suspicion. |
| Appealed From | Suffolk Superior Court, Justice Elizabeth B. Donovan |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Gomes: Dale Marie Merrill, Dana Alan Curhan |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Lynn Brennan, Philip B. O'Brien |
| Amici Curiae | Suffolk Lawyers for Justice |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
