Commonwealth v. Rodriquez

The Commonwealth appeals from a District Court judge’s order suppressing evidence obtained as a result of the stop of the defendant’s motor vehicle. Although the motion judge’s factual findings are sparse, the essential dispositive facts are not contested and permit us to resolve the appeal without remand for additional factual findings.1 Compare Commonwealth v. Isaiah I., 448 Mass. 334, 337 (2007).

Michael Ball, a Salem police dispatcher, received a 911 telephone call2 from an individual who identified himself as a driver for Community Taxi. The caller told Ball that someone had just backed…