Commonwealth v. Colon

The Commonwealth asks in this interlocutory *163appeal that we reverse the allowance of the defendant’s motion to suppress, urging that there was probable cause to search the defendant’s residence as the operating center of his cocaine distribution business. We agree that the affidavit in support of the search warrant provided a sufficient nexus to establish probable cause that cocaine would likely be found in the defendant’s residence.

1. Background. The defendant, Jose R. Colon, was indicted in 2001 for trafficking in 200 grams or more of cocaine and for two firearm violations, all as a habitual…