Commonwealth v. Catanzaro

The Commonwealth was granted leave to appeal from an order of a judge in the Superior Court suppressing over twenty-eight grams of cocaine seized from the purse of the defendant’s girl friend, Meredith Gravina. Police seized the evidence during a search of the couple’s apartment pursuant to a warrant that expressly authorized police to search “any person present.” Police had detained the defendant and Gravina in the driveway outside their apartment building in Hyannis, shortly after they saw them leave through the front door. During their conversation with the officers, both the defendant and…