Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rugaber
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 26, 1976PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
After a jury waived trial, the defendants appeal from convictions for drug offenses. They argue that (1) evidence seized under a search warrant should have been suppressed because the premises to be searched were misdescribed, and (2) their motions for findings of not guilty should have been allowed. We hold that the motion to suppress evidence seized under the search warrant was properly denied, and that there was sufficient evidence of the defendants’ guilt to warrant submission of the cases to the jury. We therefore affirm the convictions.
The defendant Rugaber was convicted on four…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. Robert E. CarmichaelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- United States v. Titus Thomas, AKA TeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. SklaroffDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1971
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BongarzoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. CefaloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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- Commonwealth v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. ScalaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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