Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ciaramitaro
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 13, 1988No. 87-1190PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
The defendants were each indicted for possession with intent to distribute heroin, conspiracy to violate the controlled substance law, and possession of a hypodermic needle and syringe. This is the Commonwealth’s appeal from an order of a Superior Court judge allowing the defendants’ motions to suppress. The appeal was allowed and referred to this court by a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. See Mass.R.Crim.P. 15(b)(2), 378 Mass. 884 (1979).
We draw the essential facts from the judge’s findings with amplification from the record. On October 19, 1985, at about 11:00 a.m. , Sergeant…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. GrinkleyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. Va Meng JoeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. ElyseeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2010
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