Massachusetts Appeals Court· 5/23/1990

Commonwealth v. Allen

Citations

554 N.E.2d 854
28 Mass. App. Ct. 589
1990 Mass. App. LEXIS 376

How courts have described this case

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“A person’s home is not a castle against execution of a lawful arrest warrant directed against that person”
“The determination by a judicial officer of probable cause [for the arrest warrant] acts as a screen between the overzealous official and the citizen”
failure to follow knock and announce procedures justified where defendant and friend were wanted for “violent crimes involving dangerous weapons”
no-knock justified where defendant and friend were wanted for “violent crimes involving dangerous weapons”
defendant committed assault by means of dangerous weapon by pointing loaded gun at police
defendant arrested in third party’s home not entitled to insist on search warrant

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Judges: Brown, Dreben, Kass

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