· 12/17/1982
Commonwealth v. Aarhus
Citations
- 443 N.E.2d 1274
- 387 Mass. 735
- 1982 Mass. LEXIS 1812
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- military of ficials had “legitimate, independent interest in conducting the search” where defendant, an enlisted member of the army, was implicated in murder of servicewoman
- “precise description of the location of the knife from an informant known to the authorities tended to demonstrate the reliability of his information”
- \the precise description of the location of the knife from an informant known to the authorities tended to demonstrate the reliability of his information\
- detail of information is factor in over-all assessment of informant’s reliability
- distinction between victim’s husband and an unnamed informant
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch
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