COMMONWEALTH v. JORDAN

No. 96-P-1103.

49 Mass. App. Ct. 802 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSEPH RAY JORDAN.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

August 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Thompson for the defendant.

Judith Ellen Pietras, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: PORADA, DREBEN, & DUFFLY, JJ.


DREBEN, J.

A woman in Florida, Rochelle Kaminski, telephoned Massachusetts State police stating that her best friend, Carol Leith, had been kidnapped and was going to be killed. Leith was being held in a car by the defendant and one Edgar Smith on route 91 in Massachusetts, going north. Alerted by the call, police officers found Leith's empty car in a rest area. Nearby, they saw someone waving in a parked car. When that vehicle began to move, the officers followed...

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