Commonwealth v. Monteiro

In this interlocutory appeal by the Commonwealth, we must determine whether there was probable cause to search the residence of the defendant, Anthony J. Monteiro, who was *172engaged in a drug delivery service.1 The principal issue is whether the affidavit in support of the search warrant permitted a magistrate to conclude that there was a sufficient nexus between the defendant’s drug selling activity and his residence to establish probable cause to search the residence. We conclude that the affidavit did so.

Facts. An experienced Brockton narcotics unit police officer, Thomas Keating (affiant),…