Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Warren

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 9, 1994PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.

The Commonwealth challenges an order of a Superior Court judge suppressing all evidence seized from -the defendant, Andre Warren. A single justice of this court allowed the Commonwealth’s application for leave to appeal and transferred the case to the full court. See Mass. R. Crim. P. 15 (b) (2), 378 Mass. 882 (1979), as amended, 397 Mass. 1226 (1986). We now reverse the order allowing the defendant’s motion to suppress.

Facts. On December 8, 1992, Detective Sergeant Mark Vickers of the Boston police department filed an affidavit in support of an application for a search warrant. The affidavit…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. BorgesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. O'DayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
  2. Commonwealth v. VillellaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1995
  3. Commonwealth v. CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
  4. Commonwealth v. DesperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
  5. Commonwealth v. AlcantaraMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002

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