Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/24/2003

Commonwealth v. DeJesus

Citations

439 Mass. 616
790 N.E.2d 231
2003 Mass. LEXIS 456

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officers impounding property without warrant must “have probable cause to search the impounded property at the time the impounding is imposed” [citation omitted]
for nonconsensual entry to be valid, there “must be probable cause and there must be exigent circumstances”
where improper information was removed from search warrant application, remainder of affidavit sufficient to establish probable cause to search
warrantless entry impermissible “in the absence of specific information supporting an objectively reasonable belief that evidence will indeed be removed or destroyed unless preventative measures are taken”
\A reasonable belief as to the potential loss or destruction of evidence may create exigent circumstances permitting a warrantless search and seizure of evidence\
remand for further suppression proceedings unnecessary where defendant claimed no connection between discovery of evidence during unlawful entry and later application for warrant

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Judges: Greaney

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