COMMONWEALTH v. SWEETING-BAILEY

SJC-13086.

488 Mass. 741 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. ZAHKUAN SWEETING-BAILEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

December 22, 2021.

Corrected January 7, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine Fronhofer for the defendant.

Shoshana E. Stern , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

David Rassoul Rangaviz , Committee for Public Counsel Services, Radha Natarajan , Katharine Naples-Mitchell , Oren N. Nimni , Chauncey B. Wood , Erin Fowler , & Leon Smith , for Committee for Public Counsel Services & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


Following a routine traffic stop for an improper lane change, the defendant, who had been a rear seat passenger in the vehicle, was ordered out of the vehicle and was pat frisked. Although the stop began as routine, when officers approached the vehicle, the front seat passenger immediately got...

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