Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Foster
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 15, 2015No. SJC 11596PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuffly, J.
In December, 2009, the defendant was indicted on charges of murder in the first degree, armed robbery, receiving stolen property, and carrying a firearm without a license, in the shooting death of Hegazy Sayed. In May, 2012, the defendant filed a motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant from his room in a “sober house.” After an evidentiary hearing that took place in eight nonconsecutive days over the course of one year, the motion was denied, and the case proceeded to trial before a different judge of the Superior Court. The defendant’s motion for a required finding of…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. MatchettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. MoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by17 opinions
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