COMMONWEALTH v. CLARK

SJC-10185

452 Mass. 1022 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH v. CARRIE A. CLARK.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

November 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah E. Dolven for the defendant.

Judith Ellen Pietras, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.


In Commonwealth v. Briand, 71 Mass.App.Ct. 160 (2008), the Appeals Court reversed a District Court judge's order allowing motions to suppress filed by the two codefendants, Evan L. Briand and Carrie A. Clark. The court held that a Massachusetts environmental police officer did not effect a seizure in the constitutional sense when he activated white "take down lights" on his vehicle to illuminate the area before approaching...

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