Commonwealth v. Feyenord

A jury convicted the defendant, Kenton W. Feyenord, of trafficking between one hundred and 200 grams of cocaine in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (b) (3). A divided *73panel of the Appeals Court affirmed the conviction. Commonwealth v. Feyenord, 62 Mass. App. Ct. 200 (2004). We granted further appellate review, limited to consideration of two issues: the denial of Feyenord’s motion to suppress cocaine found by the police in the vehicle he was driving; and the sufficiency of the evidence.1 We conclude that the exterior sniff of a properly stopped motor vehicle, by a dog trained in drug…