Commonwealth v. Barros

The defendant, Rui M. Barros, was convicted in the District Court of carrying a firearm without a license and possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card. On appeal he claims error in the denial of his motion to suppress the firearm and the ammunition taken from his person after a police officer stopped him based on an anonymous tip and, he argues, without reasonable suspicion to believe he was committing a crime. The Appeals Court, concluding that the police of*172ficer “had insufficient basis to detain and search the defendant” when he did, vacated the order denying the…