Commonwealth v. Arias
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that, while police may stop a car upon observing a traffic infraction even if that justification is pretext, the stop violates the search and seizure clause if the delay between the observed infraction and the stop is unreasonable under the totality of the circumstances
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State Court Oral Arguments to Watch for in December
Issues on the dockets include taxpayers’ standing to sue, incarcerated people’s rights to acquire property, and claims Instagram’s design is addictive.