COMMONWEALTH v. LOPEZ


430 Mass. 244 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. DOMINGO LOPEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

October 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Townsend, Assistant District Attorney (Jane Davidson Montori, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

John M. Thompson (Joseph M. Kenneally with him) for the defendant.

Michael J. Traft, for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

We review in this case an order of the Appeals Court that denied an award of attorney's fees and costs. The attorney's fees and costs were sought by the defendant's attorney pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 15 (d), as appearing in 422 Mass. 1501 (1996), in connection with an interlocutory appeal by the Commonwealth from an order of a Superior Court judge allowing the defendant's motion to suppress. We vacate the...

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