# Commonwealth v. Alvarado

> Massachusetts Appeals Court · June 22, 1995 · 38 Mass. App. Ct. 650

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6459361

## Case

- **Full name:** Commonwealth v. Alex Alvarado, Jr.
- **Court:** Massachusetts Appeals Court
- **Decided:** June 22, 1995
- **Citations:** 38 Mass. App. Ct. 650; 1995 WL 374322
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Brown
- **Judges:** Brown, Ireland
- **Cited by:** 3 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Brown, J. (dissenting).
The circumstances of this case are controlled in material respects by Commonwealth v. Couture, 407 Mass. 178, 183 , cert, denied, 498 U.S. 951 (1990). Moreover, the “indicia of reliability” of this informer’s tip were no better than that in Commonwealth v. Lyons, 409 Mass. 16, 20 (1990). A bad tip is bad, regardless of whether the contraband involved is a weapon or drugs. No such distinction has been insinuated into the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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