Illegal Car Exit Order Sinks Driver's Drug, Gun Conviction

By Julie Manganis ( February 13, 2026, 5:38 PM EST) -- A Massachusetts state police trooper had no legal justification for ordering what officers described as a "pretty chill" driver out of his vehicle before conducting a search that turned up drugs and a gun, the state's highest court said in vacating the driver's conviction on Friday....

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