463 Mass. 353 - Appellee Commonwealth Brief - Mass Cases

Blake, 413 Mass. 823, 828 (1992).
Nexus
The search warrant application also provided a
sufficient nexus between drug activity and the Mendes
apartment. The legal standards here are also well­
understood. Sufficient nexus between the crime and the
location to be searched may be found in the type of
crime, the nature of the items sought, the suspect's
ability to conceal such items, and normal inferences as
to where a defendant would hide these items.
Commonwealth v. Cinelli, 389 Mass. 197, 213 (1983).
Here, the affidavit stated that CSA personally
observed the defendants conduct over twenty cocaine and
marijuana sales within their apartment. (I.R.A. 6.)
CSA saw that the defendants weighed and packaged the
cocaine within the confines of their residence and
provided information about where a digital scale was
stored. (I.R.A. 7.) CSA also gave information about
where the drugs would be found within the home, stating
that Raymond Mendes stored cocaine in his bedroom
closet, that Ronald Mendes stored marijuana inside of
his bedroom, and that a large amount of cocaine was in
the basement. (I.R.A. 6-7.) This information,
together with the two police-observed controlled buys
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