Commonwealth v. Allard

Appealing from his convictions of manufacturing a Class D controlled substance and possessing a Class D controlled substance, the defendant challenges on Federal and State constitutional grounds the sufficiency of the affidavit in support of a search warrant for his single-family house and shed. He claims error in the denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained on the execution of the warrant.

The affidavit contained the following information. Based on statements of a concerned citizen that the defendant might be growing marihuana on his property, the affiant, a State trooper assigned…