COMMONWEALTH v. ALESSIO


377 Mass. 76 (1979)

384 N.E.2d 638

COMMONWEALTH vs. ALFRED JOHN ALESSIO (and five companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Sahakian, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Frank P. Marchetti for the defendants.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

The defendants filed motions to suppress evidence obtained by the State police acting pursuant to a search warrant issued by a judge of the Superior Court. The defendants, each of whom was charged with violations of the gaming laws, contended in support of their motions that the affidavit on which the search warrant was issued was insufficient to permit a finding of probable cause under the "two-pronged" test of Aguilar v. Texas, ...

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