Commonwealth v. Feodoroff

Some six months into an investigation of a drug *726dealing ring in the Brockton area, the State police applied to a judge of the Superior Court for a warrant to tap the telephone of, among others, the defendant, Feodoroff. See G. L. c. 272, § 99. The tap was highly fruitful and became a significant step toward'issuance of a warrant to search an apartment that Feodoroff inhabited at 3 Leo’s Lane in Avon. The product of that search led to the arrest and conviction of Feodoroff for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it. On her appeal, Feodoroff argues that the wiretap order depended on…