Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/2/1981

Commonwealth v. Taylor

Citations

418 N.E.2d 1226
383 Mass. 272
1981 Mass. LEXIS 1161

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invalidating warrant that authorized seizure of unspecified “antique jewelry” in jewelry store
agreeing with “ ‘well reasoned’ decisions [that do] not automatically bar retrial where an insufficiency of evidence appeared only when material held on appellate review to have been erroneously admitted was notionally removed from the case”
\we must judge the motion to suppress solely on the record made at the suppression hearing\
\we must judge the motion to suppress solely on the record made at the suppression hearing\
where defendant makes out prima facie case, it is up to Commonwealth to produce “offsetting evidence” if it can
an imprecise warrant may be validated either by an affixed descriptive document or one carried by, and thus limiting, the executing officers

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Judges: Hennessey, Braucher, Kaplan, Wilkins, Abrams

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