COMMONWEALTH v. GUARDADO

SJC-13315.

491 Mass. 666 (2023)

COMMONWEALTH v. CARLOS GUARDADO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 13, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine Fronhofer for the defendant.

Jamie Michael Charles , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Patrick Levin , Committee for Public Counsel Services, & Chauncey B. Wood , for Committee for Public Counsel Services & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


In 2019, Boston police officers searched the defendant's vehicle without a warrant after having received a tip from a confidential informant, and they discovered in the glove compartment a loaded firearm and a large capacity magazine. At the time of the search, the vehicle was parked in the parking lot of the business at which the defendant...

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