Commonwealth v. Tapia

Based on an informant’s tip, as well as police observation of three controlled drug purchases and additional surveillance, police obtained a warrant to search the defendant’s apartment. They found a firearm, as well as significant quantities of heroin and cocaine. On this basis, the defendant was *722charged with various drug and firearm offenses.1 She moved to suppress the contraband as the fruit of an unlawful search of her apartment. As relevant here, the defendant claimed that the affidavit supporting the search warrant was insufficient to establish probable cause to believe that drugs would…