COMMONWEALTH v. SANTANA


403 Mass. 167 (1988)

526 N.E.2d 1051

COMMONWEALTH vs. ANGEL V. SANTANA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Ross, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Ronald Ian Segal for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

A judge in the Superior Court allowed the defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained from a search of the defendant's person. The Commonwealth sought an interlocutory appeal. Mass. R. Crim. P. 15 (b) (2), 378 Mass. 884 (1979). We reverse the order allowing the defendant's motion to suppress.

We summarize the facts as found by the motion judge. At approximately 10 P.M., on June 11, 1986, Detective...

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