Massachusetts Appeals Court· 4/15/2011
Commonwealth v. Dillon
Citations
- 79 Mass. App. Ct. 290
- 945 N.E.2d 428
- 2011 Mass. App. LEXIS 548
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the affidavit’s assertion about “standard drug trade practice” did not provide sufficiently specific facts for probable cause to search defendant’s residence
- informant’s affirmative statement that defendant stored drugs in engine compartment of his car did not suggest drugs were stored in defendant’s residence
- “Probable cause to expect that drugs will be present in a home is not established by the fact that the defendant [who is plausibly suspected of drug-dealing] lives there.”
- affidavit “did not set forth adequate particularized evidence to establish a substantial and timely nexus between the defendant’s drug-selling activity and the . . . residence sufficient to establish probable cause to search the . . . residence”
- affidavit established probable cause to search one residence but not other
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Judges: Mills
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- Commonwealth v. RutkowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-05-24· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. LimaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-08-16· cited 8×
- COMMONWEALTH v. TIMOTHY M. LAVIN (and ten companion cases ).Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-06-23· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. BarbosaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-11-13
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Superior Court· 2012-05-22
- Commonwealth v. LewisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2023-08-03
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Cites
19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court· 2009-06-25· cited 2,882×
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-01· cited 401×
- Commonwealth v. CinelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-16· cited 179×
- Commonwealth v. VasquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-26· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. TyreeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-01-08· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. O'DayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-11-07· cited 115×
- Commonwealth v. DonahueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-03· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. ConnollyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-09-17· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. BlakeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-12-16· cited 90×
- Commonwealth v. DagracaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-10-17· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. PinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-03-19· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. MatiasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-01-30· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. MontalvoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-02-25· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. StegemannMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-02-22· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-08-13· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. KastnerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-01-20· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. BookmanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-09-01· cited 1×
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