Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Nine Hundred & Ninety-Two Dollars
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 23, 1981PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
For the first time since the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978), we consider principles applicable in this Commonwealth to challenges to the validity of a search warrant based on a claim of factual inaccuracies in an affidavit executed in support of the issuance of that warrant. Although the issue arises in the unusual context of a forfeiture proceeding, our conclusions are not affected by that circumstance. 2
The party in interest, Michael S. Rutberg, the admitted owner of the defendant property, does not claim that the affiant lied in…
2Cases cited27 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
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. BrzezinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- United States v. MastroianniCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Commonwealth v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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