Commonwealth v. Takvorian

The Commonwealth appeals from an interlocutory order of the Superior Court, suppressing evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant.1 The motion judge suppressed the evidence based on his conclusion that the affidavit submitted in *837support of the application for the warrant did not furnish probable cause to believe that evidence of illegal activity would be found at the location specified in the application. We reverse.

Background. On January 16, 2006, a clerk magistrate of the District Court issued a search warrant in response to an application filed by Detective Scott C. Richards of the…