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ALM GL ch. 209A, § 6
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Hirschel, et al, Domestic Violence and Mandatory Arrest Laws: To What Extent Do They Influence Police Arrest
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Web References
ABA Domestic Violence Section, see www.abanet.org/domviol/home.html
ABA Family Law Section, see www.abanet.org/family/home.html
Department of Social Services, see www.state.ma.us/dss/
Legal Information Institute's Divorce Law Overview, see www.law.cornell.edu/topics/divorce.html
Legal Information Institute's Marriage Law Overview, see www.law.cornell.edu/topics/marriage.html
Probate and Family Court, see www.state.ma.us/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/probateandfamilycourt/
CASE NOTES
ALM GL c 209A, permitting warrantless arrest for certain misdemeanors in context of domestic abuse (including
placing another in fear of imminent serious physical harm) could not be relied on to justify warrantless arrest of
defendant for making threats, where record did not establish that defendant's threats constituted "abuse" as defined by
statute. Commonwealth v. Jacobsen (1995) 419 Mass 269, 644 NE2d 213, 1995 Mass LEXIS 1.
If police officers has reason to believe that defendant's conduct with respect to person protected under ALM GL c
209A placed person in fear of imminent serious physical harm, warrantless arrest for assault may be made.
Commonwealth v. Jacobsen (1995) 419 Mass 269, 644 NE2d 213, 1995 Mass LEXIS 1.
After husband had acted in threatening and hostile manner in presence of police officers in home, police officer
acted reasonably and constitutionally in following husband to bedroom in order to protect wife and prevent husband's
access to weapons; motion to suppress drugs seized from bedroom properly denied. Commonwealth v. Rexach (1985)
20 Mass App 919, 478 NE2d 744, 1985 Mass App LEXIS 1748, review den Commonwealth v. Rexach (1985) 395 Mass