COMMONWEALTH v. MEJIA


411 Mass. 108 (1991)

579 N.E.2d 156

COMMONWEALTH vs. FELIX JAIME MEJIA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

October 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick S. Guarnieri for the defendant.

Robert J. Bender, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


NOLAN, J.

This case presents us with the opportunity to revisit our decision in Commonwealth v. Rojas, 403 Mass. 483 (1988), wherein we refined the standard to be applied by a clerk-magistrate when determining whether information provided by a confidential informant in an affidavit in support of a search warrant sufficiently demonstrates the informant's veracity for purposes...

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