Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/19/2009

Commonwealth v. Pina

Citations

453 Mass. 438
902 N.E.2d 917
2009 Mass. LEXIS 43

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holding that the “common” practice of dealers delivering drugs by car to store their supply elsewhere did not provide probable cause for search of defendant’s apartment
affidavit “must provide a substantial basis for” conclusion that officers will find items sought in specified premises
no nexus where police on one occasion observed the defendant leave the residence at issue and proceed to the controlled buy
“Probable cause to search a particular location for contraband requires a timely . . . nexus to the illegal activity”
search warrant for apartment not supported by probable cause where based on \single observation\ of sale of cocaine from motor vehicle at another location three days before warrant application
officer’s practical experience insufficient basis for probable cause where no “particularized information”

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Judges: Cordy, Ireland

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