Commonwealth v. Perez

The Commonwealth appeals from the allowance of the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized from an apartment in the execution of a search warrant. The motion judge determined that the affidavit supporting the search warrant application, which relied in part on information provided by a confidential informant, did not satisfy the probable cause standard under the Aguilar-Spinelli test. 2 Reviewing the affidavit in its entirety, we conclude that the application did establish probable cause to search for heroin in the subject apartment. Accordingly, we reverse the order allowing the…