COMMONWEALTH v. SKEA


18 Mass. App. Ct. 685 (1984)

470 N.E.2d 385

COMMONWEALTH vs. STEPHEN B. SKEA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

October 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Pieri for the defendant.

John C. Bryson; Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., ARMSTRONG, & SMITH, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, J.

The defendant appeals from a conviction of receiving stolen goods. The stolen goods, diamonds, were found when a police officer searched the defendant's person; and the validity of that search is the sole issue in this appeal.

The search took place in Holyoke on a November evening in 1980. Two Holyoke police officers on routine patrol pulled into a small shopping center and parked next to a red Camaro automobile in front of a liquor store. From...

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