{"id":186,"date":"2013-01-31T05:51:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T05:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2013\/01\/massachusetts-criminal-defense-5.html"},"modified":"2013-01-31T05:51:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T05:51:26","slug":"massachusetts-criminal-defense-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-criminal-defense-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Searches in high crime areas:  Are they Constitutional in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delsignorelaw.com\">Boston criminal defense lawyer<\/a>, defending drug cases, often the initial police seizure will be based on the defendant being in a high crime area.  The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has stated numerous times that being present in a high crime area or flight from the police is insufficient to justify a stop under the 4th Amendment or Article 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights.  <\/p>\n<p>   The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently addressed this issue in the case of <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca4.uscourts.gov\/opinions\/Published\/114689.p.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">United States v. Bumpers<\/a>. A police officer was conducting a routine patrol. While he was driving by a local convenience store in a high-crime area, the officer noticed two men standing by dumpsters located. The officer observed the two men for five or ten seconds and then pulled into the parking lot. At that time the men began walking away from the dumpsters. The officer exited his car and told the two men that they were not free to go. One of the men, defendant Irvin Bumpers, obeyed the officer&#8217;s orders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-criminal-defense-5\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Searches in high crime areas:  Are they Constitutional in Massachusetts\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a Boston criminal defense lawyer, defending drug cases, often the initial police seizure will be based on the defendant being in a high crime area. 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