Boston Housing Authority v. Guirola

Blanca Guirola, the defendant, appeals from a judgment of the Housing Court terminating her tenancy in a Boston Housing Authority apartment after illegal drugs were discovered therein. See G. L. c. 139, § 19 (1990 ed.). She claims that (1) G. L. c. 139, § 19, does not authorize the termination of her tenancy where there is no evidence that she or members of her family possessed the illegal drugs; (2) the termination violates the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution; and (3) the evidence of drugs must be suppressed because it was obtained in an…