Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/14/1976

Commonwealth v. Aguiar

Citations

350 N.E.2d 436
370 Mass. 490
1976 Mass. LEXIS 1006

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holding that consent vitiating the need for a search warrant may be found in cooperative conduct
holding that, without more, possession of an unopened package containing drugs, which the defendant received through the mail moments before his arrest, cannot support an inference of knowing possession beyond a reasonable doubt
holding that, without more, possession of an unopened package containing drugs, which the defendant received through the mail moments before his arrest, cannot support an inference of knowing possession beyond a reasonable doubt
in the 20-or-30 minute interval between delivery and arrest, defendant had hidden the package in a closet, opened one corner of the wrapping and had read a letter which had been in the package although addressed to another
defendant's \active assistance\ in producing package containing cocaine contributed to finding of voluntariness

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Judges: Braucher, Hennessey, Quirico, Reardon, Wilkins

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