Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Spagnolo
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 17, 1984PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown , J.
Each defendant was indicted on two counts of unlawfully carrying a firearm under his control in a motor vehicle. The weapons in question were seized as a result of a warrantless search. A judge of the Superior Court allowed the defendant’s motions to suppress the evidence. In allowing the motions to suppress, the judge concluded that the Commonwealth had not shown a “sufficient foundation for a suspicion that unknown occupants of an automobile were engaged in wrongdoing.” Pursuant to Mass.R.Crim.P. 15 (b) (2), 378 Mass. 884 (1979), the case was reported to the Appeals Court by a single…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. MoonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by19 opinions
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