1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Mass.
  4. 424 Mass.
  5. 424 Mass. 117 (1997)
 

COMMONWEALTH v. MOTTA

424 Mass. 117 (1997)

COMMONWEALTH v. LEON R. MOTTA (and seven companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

January 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Bradley, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Jane Larmon White for Emilio Serverino.

Charles H. Robson for Leon Motta.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GRBANEY, & FRIED, JJ.

LYNCH, J.

On May 10, 1994, a Plymouth County grand jury returned indictments against the defendants, Leon R. Motta and Emilio Serverino, for trafficking in heroin. G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (c).2 The defendants moved to suppress the heroin, asserting that the warrantless search of the vehicle in which Serverino was the driver and Motta was the passenger was unlawful. The Commonwealth argued...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases