COMMONWEALTH v. PINA

SJC-10240

453 Mass. 438 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH v. ROBERT R. PINA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

March 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Doherty (Douglas J. Darnbrough with her) for the defendant.

David J. Gold, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, & BOTSFORD, JJ.


IRELAND, J.

A Superior Court judge allowed the defendant's motion to suppress cocaine, marijuana, cash, and other items seized by police officers during a search of the defendant's apartment, based on his conclusion that the affidavit on which the search was based contained insufficient facts to establish probable cause to believe that drugs would be found therein. A single justice of this court granted the Commonwealth's application for leave to pursue an interlocutory...

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