Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cataldo
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 28, 2007No. 05-P-1158PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKatzmann, J.
After indictment by a Suffolk County grand jury, the defendants, William Cataldo2 and Elaine Goodwin,3 filed motions to suppress evidence. Following a hearing, a Superior Court judge issued a written memorandum allowing the motions on the grounds that the police lacked the probable cause and exigent circumstances necessary to effectuate a warrantless entry. A single justice allowed interlocutory review. We affirm the allowance of the motion to suppress.
Background. After a hearing at which Detective Ed Conley was the only witness, the judge made the following findings of fact.
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2Cases cited31 opinions
- Kirk v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. CinelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. JimenezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TyreeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. Jones-PannellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. DameMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. DejarnetteMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. GordonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2015
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