COMMONWEALTH v. ALCANTARA

No. 99-P-1243.

53 Mass. App. Ct. 591 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. MANUEL F. ALCANTARA.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Essex.

January 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janine T. Bandino for the defendant.

Marcia H. Slingerland, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: BECK, CYPHER. & MASON. JJ.


CYPHER, J.

On November 1, 1996, Lawrence police officers executed a search warrant for the third-floor apartment at 115 Myrtle Street in Lawrence. The warrant was supported by an affidavit, which was based on information provided by an informant identified as CI 19 and contained details of a controlled buy.

The police found, under the "kick plate" of the bathroom sink, a plastic bag containing 28.66 grams of forty-four per cent pure crack cocaine. On a bathroom...

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