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COMMONWEALTH v. LAPINE

410 Mass. 38 (1991)

571 N.E.2d 2

COMMONWEALTH vs. MIKE LAPINE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

May 8, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Jane Haggerty, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Wesley B. Prevost for the defendant.

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

NOLAN, J.

This case affords us another opportunity to clarify the standards to be used by a magistrate when determining whether information provided by a confidential informant is sufficiently reliable to justify issuing a search warrant. A judge in the District Court allowed the defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized by the Gloucester police pursuant to a search warrant. The Commonwealth's appeal was entered in the...

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