search-and-seizure

Massachusetts Constitutional Criminal Juvenile Law

Massachusetts Appeals Court

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Commonwealth v. Vihaan V. — Appeals Court rejects association-based patfrisk

/ September 30, 2026

The Massachusetts Appeals Court held that a firearm report and association with a matching passenger did not create individualized reasonable suspicion to frisk a juvenile.

Massachusetts Constitutional Criminal search-and-seizure

Massachusetts Appeals Court

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Commonwealth v. Beechman — Equally divided Appeals Court affirms firearm suppression

/ September 21, 2026

An equally divided Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed suppression of a firearm found after police impounded and searched an unregistered SUV parked off the public way.

Massachusetts Constitutional Criminal search-and-seizure

Massachusetts Appeals Court

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Greaves — Appeals Court suppresses backpack search

/ July 28, 2026

The Massachusetts Appeals Court held that police could not open a soft backpack without evidence that an exterior patfrisk would be futile or unsafe.