COMMONWEALTH v. SANTIAGO


410 Mass. 737 (1991)

575 N.E.2d 350

COMMONWEALTH vs. HUMBERTO SANTIAGO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward DeAngelo, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

James W. McCarthy, II (Cherilyn M. Richard with him) for the defendant.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


LIACOS, C.J.

The defendant was indicted for trafficking in cocaine. Before trial, he filed a motion to suppress the cocaine, which had been seized from underneath the front seat of his automobile. Following an evidentiary hearing, a judge of the Superior Court allowed the motion. The judge ruled that the search of the automobile exceeded the scope of a warrant, which the police had obtained, to search the defendant's apartment and his person. The judge also ruled...

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