COMMONWEALTH v. PIMENTEL

No. 88-P-237.

27 Mass. App. Ct. 557 (1989)

540 N.E.2d 1335

COMMONWEALTH vs. MANUEL PIMENTEL.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

July 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret J. Perry, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Jose A. Espinosa for the defendant.

Present: PERRETTA, SMITH, & WARNER, JJ.


PERRETTA, J.

Following an evidentiary hearing, a Superior Court judge granted the defendant's motion to suppress as evidence cocaine in a plastic bag dropped to the sidewalk by the defendant upon the approach of three police officers, one of whom testified at the hearing. The officer stated that he was going to make a threshold inquiry of the defendant because he suspected that a "drug deal had taken place." Based upon the officers' testimony and Commonwealth<...

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