COMMONWEALTH v. CALLAHAN


428 Mass. 335 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH v. STEVEN M. CALLAHAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

November 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Dombrowski for the defendant.

Lincoln S. Jalelian, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


MARSHALL, J.

We are asked to decide whether Massachusetts cities or towns may requisition an out-of-State police officer to serve as a special police officer pursuant to G. L. c. 41, § 99.1 We hold that they may.

On August 17, 1996, a Hollis, New Hampshire police officer stopped the defendant in Pepperell, after pursuing him across the New Hampshire border. The officer had been appointed...

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