Massachusetts Appeals Court· 3/21/1994
Commonwealth v. Watson
Citations
- 629 N.E.2d 1341
- 36 Mass. App. Ct. 252
- 1994 Mass. App. LEXIS 278
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “sparse furnishings of the apartment indicated that it was a stash house, used solely for storing and selling drugs”
- informant’s tip that cocaine was for sale at particular address corroborated by observation of cars double parked and people running inside and leaving within a few minutes
- “[possession need not be exclusive, and joint possession may be proved circumstantially”
- four days between informant’s observations and issuance of warrant not stale
- officer posed as a drug purchaser
- defendant in apartment and opened door
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Judges: Warner, Kass, Smith
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20 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-29· cited 71×
- Clark v. Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc.California Court of Appeal· 2008-07-24· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. SespedesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-06-16· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. DuncanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-01-31· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. FrongilloMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-07-10· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. HernandezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-07-02· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-03-12· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. RussellMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-03-23· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. IlgesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-09-14· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. LaughlinMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-05-01· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. O'DayMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-12-24· cited 9×
- United States v. LegaultD. Massachusetts· 2004-07-08· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. PichardoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-04-13· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. RiggieriMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-12-10· cited 6×
- State v. FranklinCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 1997-03-28· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. ChamberlinMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-12-05· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. EllisMassachusetts Superior Court· 1999-08-27· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. GarnerMassachusetts Superior Court· 1996-05-08· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. StephenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-02-05
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Superior Court· 1994-06-02
Cites
32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 7,289×
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1969-01-27· cited 6,223×
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court· 1965-03-01· cited 4,171×
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-01· cited 401×
- Commonwealth v. CundriffMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-12-16· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. BrzezinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-13· cited 153×
- Commonwealth v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-06-14· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. VynoriusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-11-03· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. AriasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-12-18· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. RojasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-12-08· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. DinnallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-08-13· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. JamesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-04-26· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. ParaparMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-03-13· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. AllenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-02-05· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. NicholsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1976-10-28· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. ReddingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-07-09· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. SpanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-01-15· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. ByfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-08-14· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. NowellsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-12-20· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. MelendezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-03-19· cited 35×
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