Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Chongarlides
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 27, 2001No. 00-P-1144 & 00-P-1160PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRapoza, J.
On the morning of Sunday, January 24, 1999, the body of Pamela Bouchard was found floating in Nantucket Harbor. Treating her demise as a homicide, the police interviewed Thomas Dunham and the defendant, both acquaintances of the deceased. Following the interviews a warrant was obtained to search a dwelling at 38R Hooper Farm Road, Nantucket, for both drugs and physical evidence relating to Bouchard’s death.
The defendant was later indicted for manslaughter, distribution of heroin, and the unlawful removal or conveyance of a human body.1 He then filed several motions to suppress. One such…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Horton v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. CinelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. O'DayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. PinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. HardyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. AlcantaraMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
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