| Docket # | SJC-10738 |
| Date | December 9, 2010 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Controlled substances. Practice, Criminal, Motion to suppress. Search and seizure, Threshold police inquiry, Probable cause, Automobile. Constitutional law, Search and seizure, Investigatory stop, Reasonable suspicion, Probable cause. Threshold police inquiry. Probable cause. Statute, Construction. |
| Appealed From | West Roxbury District Court, Suffolk County, Justice Mary Ann Driscoll |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Helle Sachse |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Cruz: Scott Michelman, Jay Rorty, John Reinstein |
| Amici Curiae | National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; Committee for Public Counsel Services |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
