Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Morton
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 9, 1988No. 87-758PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On March 9, 1985, a clerk-magistrate issued a warrant authorizing the police to search the defendant’s home in Duxbury for “stolen or illegal” items. As a result of that search, the defendant was charged with the unlawful possession of a sawed-off shotgun. G. L. c. 269, § 10(c). He was convicted at a jury-waived trial and sentenced to one year in a house of correction. His sentence was stayed during appeal.
*950Prior to trial the defendant filed a motion to suppress certain evidence, including a gun, which had been seized from his home as a result of the search. After a hearing, a Superior Court…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Sgro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Samuel Rosencranz v. United States of America, Anthony Dipietro v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1966
- Commonwealth v. AtchueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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3Cited by5 opinions
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