Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lotfy
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 17, 1979PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
At a trial before a Worcester County jury the defendant was convicted on an indictment brought under G. L. c. 271, § 17, charging him with being "found in a place . .. with books, apparatus and devices used for the purpose of registering bets ... [on] athletic contests.” He has assigned as error: (1) the denial of his motion to suppress evidence and (2) the denial of his motion for a directed verdict.1
I. Motion to suppress. The gambling paraphernalia introduced at the trial were seized on August 16, 1978, when officers of the State police executed a search warrant at the Milford Lodge of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FendersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. BlatzMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. KileyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. BaharoianMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. DellicolliMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
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