COMMONWEALTH v. TORRES-PAGAN

SJC-12697.

484 Mass. 34 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH v. MANUEL TORRES-PAGAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

January 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Shorey , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Claire Alexis Ward , for the defendant.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

David Rassoul Rangaviz , & Rebecca Kiley , for Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Christopher DeMayo , for Sharon Brockington.

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


The defendant, Manuel Torres-Pagan, was charged with multiple crimes after a warrantless search of his motor vehicle. The defendant filed a motion to suppress, contending that the evidence was discovered after the police conducted an unlawful patfrisk. A judge in the Springfield Division of the...

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