Commonwealth v. Amado (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-053-16)
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SJC-11914
COMMONWEALTH vs. ADERITO P. AMADO.
Plymouth. December 8, 2015. – April 19, 2016.
Present: Gants, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk, & Hines, JJ.
Controlled Substances. Search and Seizure, Protective frisk, Probable cause, Body examination. Constitutional Law, Search and seizure, Probable cause. Probable Cause. Practice, Criminal, Motion to suppress.
Indictment found and returned in the Superior Court Department on July 18, 2011.
A pretrial motion to suppress evidence was heard by Frank M. Gaziano, J., and the case was tried before Merita A. Hopkins, J.