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Appeals court weighs legality of frisk after ShotSpotter activation in Marin suppression appeal
Summary
The court considered whether police had reasonable suspicion to conduct a pat-frisk of a man leaving the vicinity of a ShotSpotter activation in Holyoke, with debate over the reliability and evidentiary weight of the ShotSpotter alert and officers' observations.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court heard argument Jan. 8 in Commonwealth v. Marin, Docket No. 24-454, on whether Sergeant testimony and a ShotSpotter activation provided sufficient reasonable suspicion to justify a pat-frisk and subsequent discovery of a weapon.
Counsel for the Commonwealth argued the totality of the circumstances—police response to a ShotSpotter alert near a nightclub, a vehicle that officers followed to obtain registration, and the driver’s evasive conduct and eye contact with an officer—supported reasonable…
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