Commonwealth v. Aldana

In the course of arresting the defendant at his apartment on a default warrant, Worcester police officers saw in his kitchen three bags containing unknown powders. One of the bags was labeled “aluminum powder” and another “red iron oxide,” and one bag was not labeled. An unidentified red-brown powder was spilled on the counter and the kitchen window sill, and smudged on the wall around the window. Concerned about the appearance of the bags of powder, given the other circumstances in the apartment, one of the officers undertook an Internet search for information on the labeled substances. On…