COMMONWEALTH v. CARR

No. SJC-10697.

458 Mass. 295 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. DANIEL CARR (and five companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

November 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Rankin for John Sherman.

Casey E. Silvia , Assistant District Attorney ( Melinda L. Thompson , Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Randolph Gioia , for Daniel Carr, was present but did not argue.

John Reinstein , for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.


CORDY, J.

On June 28, 2007, a grand jury indicted the defendants, two Boston College students, Daniel Carr and John Sherman, on charges that they trafficked in cocaine over fourteen grams, possessed psilocybin with intent to distribute, and possessed marijuana with intent to distribute, following discovery of the illegal drugs in their campus dormitory room. On December 17, 2007, Carr filed a motion to suppress the drugs and other evidence seized as a result of a...

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