COMMONWEALTH v. VON UTTER


355 Mass. 597 (1969)

246 N.E.2d 806

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN JOSEPH VON UTTER, JR. (and five companion cases against the same defendant).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

April 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Keating for the defendant.

Peter B. Gay, First Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.


REARDON, J.

In deciding this matter we once again deal with questions involving the sufficiency of a warrant which have produced such extensive case literature in recent years. The defendant was tried before a judge of the Superior Court on six indictments charging violations of the narcotic drug law, G.L.c. 94. A pre-trial hearing was held on his motion to suppress evidence obtained by means of a search warrant on the grounds...

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