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WOULD YOU GRANT THIS MOTION?

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Attorney Gary Ostrow writes:    On December 12, 2008, Fort Lauderdale police received a tip alleging that the defendant, John Mazzurco, was in the process of breaking down multiple kilos of cocaine at a particular address in the city. As an immediate response to this generalized tip, no less than 11 undercover street level narcotics officers arrived at the subject address to conduct surveillance. According to reports generated by detectives that evening, after only a short time into the surveillance, 2 unidentified individuals were observed exiting the residence, a male and a female. Detectives claimed they were unable to identify either individual, and only had a description of Mazzurco as a white male. At no time during this surveillance was there any evidence to corroborate the tipster's allegations...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on November 16, 2009 (boomark / email).