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· 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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