Commonwealth v. Valerio

Officers of the Hudson police department seized cocaine, suspected drag packaging materials, various papers, and United States currency during a search of the defendant’s apartment conducted on September 16, 2003. The warrant authori*563zing the search correctly described the place to be searched, but because of an error in the warrant application, the warrant did not describe the particular items intended to be seized (and that were in fact seized). After the defendant was indicted on charges of trafficking in cocaine, he filed a motion to suppress the fruits of the search. Without deciding the…