COMMONWEALTH v. KENNEDY

No. 96-P-777.

42 Mass. App. Ct. 668 (1997)

COMMONWEALTH v. JAMES KENNEDY.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Essex.

May 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Gaffney for the defendant.

Marcia H. Slingerland, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: IRELAND, GREENBERG, & LAURENCE, JJ.


LAURENCE, J.

Convicted of cocaine possession and conspiracy to violate the controlled substances laws, James Kennedy assigns as error a District Court judge's denial of his motion to suppress the drugs seized from his person during a police search after his warrantless arrest. At the hearing on that motion, the following evidence was presented, all by the arresting Lawrence police officer. At 1 P.M. on a bright, clear day, August 29, 1994, the officer was conducting...

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