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SJC-10617: COMMONWEALTH vs. CARLOS FERNANDEZ
Amicus due February 16, 2010 - Argument: May 3, 2010
Keywords: Criminal Procedure - Expert Testimony - Search and Seizure
Question Presented: Whether a driveway technically belonging to three apartments, but actually only used by one apartment, is on that apartment’s curtilage; whether the judge had sufficient evidence that a field test for cocaine was widely accepted in other jurisdictions.
Facts: Police obtained a search warrant for the defendant’s home after a field test indicated that bags found in the defendant’s trash were dusted in cocaine. The defendant’s …
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