Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rosa
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 9, 1984PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHale, C.J.
The defendants were convicted after separate jury trials of violating the heroin trafficking statute, G. L. c. 94C, § 32E(c), inserted by St. 1980, c. 436, § 4. Each received a sentence of from five to seven years at M.C.I., Walpole.
1. The defendants’ motions to suppress the introduction of sixty-five glossine bags containing a heroin mixture were properly denied. The defendants argue suppression was required because the search warrant was issued on less than probable cause, 2 and put this argument in terms of the two-pronged test of Aguilar v. Texas, 378 U.S. 108, 112-116 (1964), and…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by38 opinions
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