ROBINSON v. COMMONWEALTH


445 Mass. 280 (2005)

LONNIE ROBINSON v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Murphy for the defendant.

Carolyn A. Burbine, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Sosman, & Cordy, JJ.


SPINA, J.

After his indictment for trafficking in cocaine, Lonnie Robinson (defendant) filed a motion to suppress evidence in the Superior Court. Because the defendant failed to appear at the scheduled suppression hearing, a Superior Court judge found him in default and deemed the motion waived. After the defendant returned to court one year later and his default was removed, he filed a motion to reinstate his motion to suppress. That motion was denied. The defendant...

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