Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Santiago
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 30, 1991PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
The defendant was indicted for trafficking in cocaine. Before trial, he filed a motion to suppress the cocaine, which had been seized from underneath the front seat of his automobile. Following an evidentiary hearing, a judge of the Superior Court allowed the motion. The judge ruled that the search of the automobile exceeded the scope of a warrant, which the police had obtained, to search the defendant’s apartment and his person. The judge also ruled that the search was not valid as a warrantless search either incident to arrest or based on probable cause and exigent circumstances (the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. AntobenedettoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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