COMMONWEALTH v. KEARSE

No. 18-P-1619.

97 Mass. App. Ct. 297 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH v. JAMES KEARSE.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 9, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian MacLean , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Dennis M. Toomey for the defendant.

Present: AGNES, SULLIVAN, & BLAKE, JJ.


After observing the defendant, James Kearse, standing in the vicinity of two other men who engaged in a "quick hand shake," Brigido Leon, an officer in the Boston Police Department's drug control unit (DCU), believed he had observed a hand-to-hand drug transaction. Officer Leon radioed...

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