· 2/26/1976
Commonwealth v. Rugaber
Citations
- 343 N.E.2d 865
- 369 Mass. 765
- 1976 Mass. LEXIS 888
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \Intent to distribute a drug may be inferred from possession of large quantities of that drug.\
- detailed description of premises and identification of possessor/occupant by name and date of birth enough to overcome lack of street address
- warrant sufficient despite inaccurate physical description of place to be searched, where correct address and where knowledge of officers on scene eliminated risk of searching incorrect premises
- 100 doses of LSD on one defendant and 900 doses on another
- 100 doses of LSD on one defendant and 900 doses on another
- “Factual inaccuracies not going to the integrity of the affidavit do not destroy probable cause for a search,” but “the description of the place to be searched is ‘to be read without poetic license’ ” (citations omitted)
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Judges: Hennessey, Reardon, Quirico, Braucher, Wilkins
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