COMMONWEALTH v. PEREZ-BAEZ


410 Mass. 43 (1991)

570 N.E.2d 1026

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSE M. PEREZ-BAEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nijole Makaitis, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

John D. Hodges, Jr., for the defendant.

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


NOLAN, J.

We are called upon to determine whether a clerk-magistrate, relying in part on information provided by an unnamed informant, was justified in finding probable cause to issue a search warrant. The Commonwealth appeals from the suppression of evidence seized during the execution of the warrant. We determine that the affidavit in support of the warrant application set forth sufficient facts to justify the issuance...

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