Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Valdez
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 4, 1988PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The Commonwealth, pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 15 (b), as amended, 397 Mass. 1225 (1986), sought leave before a single justice of this court to appeal a Superior Court judge’s allowance of a motion to suppress evidence. The single justice granted the request and referred the matter to the full court. We agree with the Commonwealth that the Superior Court judge erred in suppressing the evidence.
The defendant was arrested in a second floor apartment at 68 Rockaway Street in Lynn on July 31, 1986, and charged with, inter alla, cocaine trafficking. The police had obtained a search warrant for…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. KennedyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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- Commonwealth v. ParaparMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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