· 10/18/1989
Commonwealth v. Benlien
Citations
- 544 N.E.2d 865
- 27 Mass. App. Ct. 834
- 1989 Mass. App. LEXIS 582
How courts have described this case
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- set up of apartment permitting lookout for police combined with physical obstacle to entry adequate basis for no knock
- date of controlled purchase remained undisclosed because of \need not to pinpoint the encounter and thus impair the anonymity of the informer\
- affidavit stated that police had searched informant before the controlled buy and found no narcotics or money on informant’s person, provided informant with money to make purchase, and observed informant enter and leave defendant’s apartment
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Judges: Armstrong, Kaplan, Dreben
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