Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Alvarado
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 14, 1995PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
The defendants, Laurentino Alvarado and Manuel Londono, were indicted on charges of trafficking over 200 grams of cocaine and conspiring to traffic in cocaine. The defendants each filed motions to suppress the cocaine seized during two separate warrantless searches. The motions were denied with respect to twenty-eight grams of cocaine seized during a search of Londono’s person,2 allowed with respect to the cocaine seized during a search of Londono’s automobile. The Commonwealth and the defendants each filed an application for interlocutory appeal which were allowed by a single justice of this…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by83 opinions
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