Massachusetts Appeals Court February 28, 1995, No. 94-P-1553 (Commonwealth v. Thomas)

The judge correctly ruled that the action of the police in engaging the defendant, whom they knew, in casual conversation was not a stop or seizure requiring justification under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Commonwealth v. Fraser, 410 Mass. 541, 543-544 (1991). Commonwealth v. Houle, 35 Mass. App. Ct. 474, 475-476 (1993).