Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dion
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 5, 1991No. 90-P-1484PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, C.J.
On May 24, 1988, an automobile search pursuant to a warrant resulted in the seizure of over one hundred pounds of marihuana. This led to the defendant’s indictment and subsequent conviction in a jury-waived trial in the Superior Court for trafficking in marihuana. G. L. c. 94C, § 32E. Alleging that the affidavit supporting the search warrant contained misrepresentations, the defendant filed a pretrial motion for an evidentiary hearing to challenge the affidavit’s veracity. The motion was denied on May 3, 1989, after a hearing. The defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence seized during the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- United States v. Parcels of Land, Etc., Appeal of Lionel LaliberteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Commonwealth v. BrzezinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. MerolaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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3Cited by13 opinions
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