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Commonwealth v. Agosto

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided July 21, 1998PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.

The defendants were indicted on August 1, 1996, for trafficking in cocaine (twenty-eight to one hundred grams), G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (6),3 and for unlawful possession of heroin with intent to distribute, G. L. c. 94C, § 32 (a). The defendants moved to suppress evidence seized in two warrantless searches of an automobile. The judge allowed the defendants’ motions to suppress the evidence discovered during the second of the two searches, conducted twenty-one days following police seizure of the vehicle. A single justice of this court allowed the Commonwealth’s application for leave to appeal. We…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Robbins v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. United States v. Joseph Pace, Anthony Besase, Christ Savides, Donald Smith, John Cialoni, and Robert WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  5. State v. QuinnOregon Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  4. Commonwealth v. EgglestonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
  5. Commonwealth v. NicholsonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003

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