Commonwealth v. Melo

Docket NumberSJC-11513
Decision Date23 July 2015

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36 cases
  • Commonwealth v. Villagran
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • August 29, 2017
    ...supported by the evidence and supplemented by uncontroverted evidence that was implicitly credited by the judge. Commonwealth v. Melo , 472 Mass. 278, 286, 34 N.E.3d 289 (2015).Although the police conduct at issue here occurred in a public school, the less stringent standard of T.L.O ., 469......
  • Commonwealth v. Moore
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • May 31, 2022
    ...were based on testimony at the evidentiary hearing and do not disturb them where they are not clearly erroneous." Commonwealth v. Melo, 472 Mass. 278, 293, 34 N.E.3d 289 (2015), quoting Commonwealth v. Thomas, 469 Mass. 531, 539, 21 N.E.3d 901 (2014). The judge found that "despite an exhaus......
  • Commonwealth v. Tate
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • August 22, 2022
    ...to take if he believed he was faced with a possible conflict as opposed to a genuine conflict"). See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Melo, 472 Mass. 278, 305-306, 34 N.E.3d 289 (2015) ; Commonwealth v. Rice, 441 Mass. 291, 297, 805 N.E.2d 26 (2004). Of course, if the attorney were to withdraw, any s......
  • Commonwealth v. Hernandez
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • December 29, 2015
    ...with evidence in the record that is uncontroverted and that was implicitly credited by the motion judge,” see Commonwealth v. Melo, 472 Mass. 278, 286, 34 N.E.3d 289 (2015). On October 23, 2009, Officer Hanson reported for his shift at approximately 1 a.m. and learned of a reported armed ro......
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