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COMMONWEALTH v. MATTA

SJC-12693.

483 Mass. 357 (2019)

COMMONWEALTH v. RAUL MATTA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

October 21, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Power for the defendant.

Travis H. Lynch , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Timothy St. Lawrence , for Michael Sanchez, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Jason D. Frank , Vanessa M. Brown , & Chauncey B. Wood , for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.

The defendant, Raul Matta, fled when a police officer attempted to question him as a result of a tip received regarding a firearm in a motor vehicle. After pursuing and arresting the defendant, police recovered a plastic bag containing heroin that the defendant had thrown onto a pedestrian walkway; several more small bags of heroin were...

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