COMMONWEALTH v. CRAWFORD


417 Mass. 40 (1994)

628 N.E.2d 4

COMMONWEALTH vs. VINCENT CRAWFORD (and three companion cases.)

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 10, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine E. McMahon, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Shawn Salter (Frank G. Kelleher with him) for Vincent Crawford.

Dennis M. Powers for Gail M. Pina.

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


ABRAMS, J.

This is the second interlocutory appeal by the Commonwealth, from an order suppressing evidence seized without a warrant. See Commonwealth v. Crawford, 410 Mass. 75 (1991) (Crawford I). At issue in that case was whether the police had probable cause to arrest and search the defendants without a warrant, based on a confidential informant's tip. Because the...

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