COMMONWEALTH v. CAWTHRON

SJC-12322.

479 Mass. 612 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH v. KEITH CAWTHRON (and three companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 23, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Ferriter , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Lindsay Kanter , Committee for Public Counsel Services ( Daniel E. Callahan , Committee for Public Counsel Services, also present) for Craig Flodstrom.

Thomas M. Glynn for Keith M. Cawthron.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.


In this case, we consider whether police officers were required to provide Miranda warnings prior to questioning two individuals who had been detained in a restaurant parking lot as part of a threshold inquiry into a street-level drug transaction. A Middlesex County grand jury indicted the defendants, Keith Cawthron and Craig Flodstrom...

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