COMMONWEALTH v. BARROS


435 Mass. 171 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH v. RUI M. BARROS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

September 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Sheila T. Curran for the defendant.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


SPINA, J.

The defendant, Rui M. Barros, was convicted in the District Court of carrying a firearm without a license and possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card. On appeal he claims error in the denial of his motion to suppress the firearm and the ammunition taken from his person after a police officer stopped him based on an anonymous tip and, he argues, without reasonable suspicion to believe he was committing a crime. The Appeals Court, concluding...

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