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Defense disputes nexus for home search in drug-trafficking appeal; court presses surveillance and ping evidence
Summary
In Commonwealth v. Olivares, defense counsel argued the affidavit supported searching a separate stash house but not the defendant’s 137 Heard Street residence absent stronger ties; the Commonwealth cited coordinated visual surveillance, ping data and seized fentanyl to justify probable cause. The court submitted the case.
Defense counsel Stacy Silvera argued the affidavit supporting a warrant to search 137 Heard Street lacked facts tying the defendant to that residence for drug trafficking—pointing out that controlled buys and confidential-informant descriptions placed transactions at other locations and that the phone pings placed the device at 137 Heard only on two buy dates. "There is probable cause…
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