Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ramos
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 14, 2015No. AC 14-P-1469PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtKatzmann, J.
This appeal by the Commonwealth poses the questions whether police officers may reasonably rely on information from the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) database concerning reports of stolen vehicles and whether a District Court judge erred in employing the Aguilar-Spinelli test in allowing the defendant’s motion to suppress. Aguilar v. Texas, 378 U.S. 108 (1964). Spinelli v. United States, 393 U.S. 410 (1969). See Commonwealth v. Lopes, 455 Mass. 147, 155-156 (2009) (Lopes). We reverse.
Background. After an evidentiary hearing, a District Court judge found the following. On October 17, 2013,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. LopesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. CostaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. Rosario-SantiagoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2019