Commonwealth v. Erickson

The defendant has been convicted on complaints charging him under G. L. c. 94C, § 34, with unlawful possession of controlled substances (marijuana and amyl nitrite), and under G. L. c. 148, § 39, with unlawful possession of fireworks. He claims error in the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant. We hold that the motion to suppress should have been allowed.

The principal contention raised by the motion to suppress is that the search warrant did not particularly describe the place to be searched as required by the Fourth Amendment to the United…