COMMONWEALTH v. ORTIZ

No. 14-P-927.

88 Mass. App. Ct. 573 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. JUAN ELADIO ORTIZ.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 26, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. McGowan , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Eduardo Antonio Masferrer for the defendant.

Present: SULLIVAN, MALDONADO, & MASSING, JJ.


The Commonwealth brings this interlocutory appeal challenging the suppression, after an evidentiary hearing, of cocaine and of any postarrest statements. The Commonwealth contends that because a State police trooper lawfully stopped and arrested the defendant for failing to signal before switching lanes and for driving with a suspended...

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