Massachusetts Appeals Court· 3/31/2005

Commonwealth v. Hardy

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63 Mass. App. Ct. 210
824 N.E.2d 883
2005 Mass. App. LEXIS 299

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magistrate could infer from informant’s statements and police surveillance that defendant kept drugs in his apartment
informant’s description of dealer’s method of operation may furnish context for controlled purchase in which dealer travels directly from residence to point of sale
informant stated that defendant stored cocaine in residence; month-long independent police surveillance in addition to two controlled buys; unambiguous statement that defendant drove directly from residence to controlled buys
nexus established where the defendant drove directly from his residence to the drug transaction during two controlled buys and other transactions that appeared to be drug transactions
court credited officer's conclusion, based on his experience, that activity in which defendant drove from his residence to other location to meet others briefly was \common in the illegal distribution of controlled substances\
“The fact that police never observed ... evidence of drug transactions at the defendant’s residence ... is not fatal to probable cause, because the defendant’s usual method of operation was to deliver drugs away from his [residence].”

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Judges: Armstrong

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