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· 3/11/1992

Commonwealth v. Goggin

Citations

  • 587 N.E.2d 785
  • 412 Mass. 200
  • 1992 Mass. LEXIS 144

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Our knock and announce rule is one of common law which is not constitutionally compelled”
  • procedural steps regarding warrant return under Fed. R. Crim. P. 41 [d] essentially ministerial
  • police misrepresented their identity to persuade occupants to open the door

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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

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