State v. Mandravelis

The issues in this case are whether the magistrate who issued the search warrant was “neutral and detached” and whether the affidavit contained sufficient information to support the issuance of the warrant.

The warrant was issued by a justice of the Nashua District Court on the following affidavit:

“1. That the Narcotics and Vice Division of the City of Nashua, has received reliable information from informants who have proven their reliability in the past, stating that one Paul G. Mandrevelis, Date of birth, 5 September 1948, is dealing in marijuana in small and large quantiities, and is also…