Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/9/1992

Commonwealth v. Grimshaw

Citations

595 N.E.2d 302
413 Mass. 73
1992 Mass. LEXIS 388

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stating that nighttime searches are disfavored because “nighttime police intrusion posed a great threat to privacy, violated the sanctity of home, and endangered the police and slumbering citizens”
“Many courts have specifically or by implication rejected the claim that the nighttime search limitation has any basis in either State or the Federal Constitutions.”
suppression unwarranted in case of nighttime search authorization where police acted “lawfully in obtaining the warrant and, except as to time, had engaged in no misconduct in executing it”
evidence seized in violation of the law will be suppressed if the violation is substantial or rises to the level of a Federal or State constitutional violation
“Generally, evidence seized in violation of the law will be suppressed only if the violation is substantial or rises to the level of a Federal or State constitutional violation”
“Generally, evidence seized in violation of the law will be suppressed only if the violation is substantial or rises to the level of a Federal or State constitutional violation”

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

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