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Commonwealth defends search of 92 Sawyer and admission of clothing; defense challenges nexus and independent-source analysis
Summary
At oral argument in Commonwealth v. Aaron Almeda, the parties disputed whether officers had probable cause and an independent-source justification to search 92 Sawyer and whether clothing recovered there should have been suppressed.
At oral argument in Commonwealth v. Aaron Almeda, the parties disputed whether police established probable cause and an independent source for a search of a location identified as 92 Sawyer and whether clothing recovered there should have been excluded.
Defense counsel argued the affidavit lacked facts establishing why officers were present at 92 Sawyer and that the search-warrant record relied, in part, on material outside the four corners of the affidavit. The defense asked the Supreme Court to scrutinize whether the subsequent admission of clothing found at the address was supported by probable cause or by an independent-source analysis.
The Commonwealth's Ian MacLean described the…
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