{"id":2912,"date":"2022-12-27T15:43:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T20:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2912"},"modified":"2022-12-30T15:57:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T20:57:57","slug":"the-massachusetts-sjc-hears-arguments-in-a-case-discussing-searches-and-seizures-of-firearms-based-on-anonymous-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/the-massachusetts-sjc-hears-arguments-in-a-case-discussing-searches-and-seizures-of-firearms-based-on-anonymous-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"The Massachusetts SJC hears arguments in a case discussing searches and seizures of firearms based on anonymous tips."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments on December 5, 2022, in a case<\/a> that discussed searches and seizures from a vehicle at one\u2019s workplace based on anonymous tips. The defendant filed a motion to suppress the evidence found as a result of the search of his vehicle on the basis it was unlawful, and the court denied it. The defendant had two arguments as to why the previous court erred in ruling the Commonwealth did not violate Guardado\u2019s 4th and 14th amendment rights and protection under Article 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. First, the Commonwealth failed to demonstrate either the credibility of their informant or the credibility of the information, thus violating the Aguilar-Spinelli<\/em> test, and also that the Commonwealth refused to instruct the jury about the exemption from liability that occurs when individuals have a firearm \u201cin or on their place of business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the Aguilar-Spinelli<\/em><\/a> test established by the US Supreme Court, police are required to demonstrate that an informant is credible or that their information is credible when they use that info to conduct a search warrant or warrantless arrest. Although this standard was abandoned by the Supreme Court in Illinois v. Gates<\/em><\/a> and replaced by a \u201ctotality of the circumstances\u201d approach, Massachusetts is one of the few states that has adopted this standard based on their own state constitution. In Guardado\u2019s case, the officers searched the glovebox of his vehicle at his place of work based on an anonymous informant telling them a firearm was in a backpack within his vehicle. There were four reasons the search was improper:<\/p>\n

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  1. The evidence didn\u2019t establish the informant\u2019s veracity or if he had firsthand knowledge of the info, as required under Aguilar-Spinelli <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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