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SJC-10650: COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSEPH W. MENDES
Amicus due April 19, 2010 - Argument: May 6, 2010
Keywords: Criminal Procedure - District Court - Search and Seizure - Warrants
Question Presented: Whether a district court clerk-magistrate may issue a search warrant for premises falling outside the district court’s jurisdiction, but within the district court’s county.
Facts: The Barnstable Police Department investigated the defendant and his family, who were allegedly running a drug distribution enterprise, from 1999 to 2007. By 2007, the defendant had moved to the …
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