Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Tata
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 8, 1989No. 89-P-227PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
The defendant was indicted for trafficking in cocaine of a weight of one hundred grams or more but less than two hundred grams (G. L. c. 94C, § 32E[b] [2], as appearing in St. 1983, c. 571, § 3). Under a search warrant, the police seized drugs and other things found in a designated apartment and a related hall closet or locker. Before trial the defendant moved to suppress the evidence seized, and to suppress also certain statements made by the defendant during the execution of the warrant. The first motion failed; the second was allowed in part. At trial the jury brought in a verdict of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Simon v. SolomonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. KeevanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. EgertonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Town of Edgartown v. State Ethics CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. MaskellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State v. McGeeWashington Supreme Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. RoucouletMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. MaloneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Patrick Tata, Jr. v. Norman CarverCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
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