Supreme Judicial Court hears arguments over when police seized Byron Palmer At oral argument in Commonwealth v. Byron Palmer, appellant counsel argued that officers relied on a speculative, 12‑day‑old video screenshot and a common hat to detain Palmer, while the Commonwealth said the stop occurred when officers physically restrained him after a brief pursuit and that the totality of circumstances supplied reasonable suspicion.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is set to decide whether police had enough evidence to lawfully detain Byron Palmer based on shaky video comparisons and a common hat.

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