COMMONWEALTH v. GARCIA


409 Mass. 675 (1991)

569 N.E.2d 385

COMMONWEALTH vs. SATURNINO GARCIA, JR. (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

April 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Russell for Saturnino Garcia, Jr.

James E. McCall for Albert F. Heredia.

Claudia R. Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., ABRAMS, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

The defendants, Saturnino Garcia and Alberto Heredia, appeal from convictions of trafficking in cocaine in violation of G.L.c. 94C, § 32E. Both defendants contend that the trial judge improperly denied their motions to suppress cocaine seized from the trunk of the vehicle which Garcia drove and in which Heredia was a passenger. Heredia also claims error in the judge's denial of a motion to suppress statements he made while in the police station. Garcia...

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