{"id":2778,"date":"2021-10-14T05:17:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T09:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2021-10-06T22:18:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T02:18:38","slug":"massachusetts-appellate-court-to-decide-constitutionality-of-traffic-stop-and-frisk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-appellate-court-to-decide-constitutionality-of-traffic-stop-and-frisk\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Appellate Court to Decide Constitutionality of Traffic Stop and Frisk\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Massachusetts Appellate Court to Decide Constitutionality of Traffic Stop and Frisk\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">The Fourth Amendment and the state equivalent have many exceptions. Officers are generally permitted to patdown the outer layer of a person\u2019s clothes during a traffic stop if the officer fears that the person may be armed and dangerous. But what if the officer only finds pills, not weapons? The appellate court heard oral arguments on October 1st requiring this issue in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ma-appellatecourts.org\/pdf\/2020-P-1081\/2020-P-1081_01_Appellant_Brief.pdf\"><em>Commonwealth v. Wade<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">What happened in the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Wade\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">case?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-appellate-court-to-decide-constitutionality-of-traffic-stop-and-frisk\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Massachusetts Appellate Court to Decide Constitutionality of Traffic Stop and Frisk\u00a0\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts Appellate Court to Decide Constitutionality of Traffic Stop and Frisk\u00a0 \u00a0 The Fourth Amendment and the state equivalent have many exceptions. Officers are generally permitted to patdown the outer layer of a person\u2019s clothes during a traffic stop if the officer fears that the person may be armed and dangerous. 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