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Appeals court weighs whether police approach and short chase amounted to a seizure in Palmer case
Summary
In Commonwealth v. Palmer the panel questioned when an officer approach or brief chase becomes a Fourth Amendment seizure, with defense counsel arguing six officers and a police wagon made the encounter coercive and Commonwealth counsel arguing officers did not command the defendant to stop.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court heard argument in Commonwealth v. Palmer (24p365) over whether Boston police seized Byron Palmer when officers approached him 12 days after a robbery. Defense counsel Trey Collins urged the panel that the eyewitness description relied on by police was “so vague…meaningless” and that the officers’ conduct — six officers converging on a group and a police wagon nearby — created a coercive encounter under…
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