COMMONWEALTH v. RUIZ

No. 99-P-788.

51 Mass. App. Ct. 346 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH v. SAMOSA RUIZ (and nine companion cases).

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Hammerschmith, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Samosa Ruiz.

Laurie M Halbert for Edelmiro Mosquea.

Jennifer C. Roman, Assistant District Attorney (David W. Cunis, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: JACOBS, KAPLAN, & SMITH, JJ.


JACOBS, J.

After their convictions by a Superior Court jury on various weapons and assault charges relating to an attempted home invasion in Lowell, the defendants appeal, claiming that their motions to suppress should have been allowed. The defendant Mosquea raises an additional issue, alleging the improper admission of prior bad act evidence. We affirm the convictions.

1. The motions to suppress.

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