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· 5/8/1991

Commonwealth v. Lapine

Citations

  • 571 N.E.2d 2
  • 410 Mass. 38
  • 1991 Mass. LEXIS 212

How courts have described this case

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

  • informant overheard conversation between defendant and two men disclosing they committed burglary
  • “Gardner's answers to interrogatories more extensively described the incident, alleging that the conflict between Gardner and the employee occurred when Gardner, then allegedly forty-five years old, refused to produce identification proving himself to be of legal drinking age”
  • hearing a conversation satisfies the basis of knowledge prong
  • basis of knowledge shown when informant heard defendant’s conversation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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

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