Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/5/1990

Commonwealth v. Allen

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549 N.E.2d 430
406 Mass. 575
1990 Mass. LEXIS 58

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noting that statement made against informant’s penal interest when police know the informant’s identity may be considered as one factor bearing on informant’s reliability
notingthat statement made against informant’s penal interest when police know the informant’s identity may be considered as one factor bearing on informant’s reliability
defendant’s four-year-old conviction of marijuana possession not sufficiently recent to be factored into a probable cause determination for a drug offense
Unnamed informants’ information based on hearsay from third parties whose reliability was not established fails the “basis of knowledge” test
only if defendant’s criminal history is recent and similar to crime charged may it be factored into probable cause determination as corroboration of informant’s veracity
\First-hand receipt of information through personal observation satisfies the basis of knowledge prong of Aguilar- Spinelli\

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Judges: Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, O'Connor, Greaney

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