Commonwealth v. Barbosa

The Commonwealth appeals from an order granting the defendant suppression of items seized from his residence. The Commonwealth contends that the judge erred in concluding that the search warrant affidavit did not establish a sufficient nexus between the defendant's drug dealing and his residence. We agree and reverse.

Background. The following is taken from the affidavit, which was authored by a police officer with over ten years of police experience and who at that time was a narcotics detective with the Drug Enforcement Administration. In December, 2013, a confidential informant (CI) told…