Commonwealth v. Alexis

**91 The defendant, Jean Alexis, was charged with numerous crimes stemming from an armed home invasion in Lynn. The day after the home invasion, and following an investigation, **92 the police arrested the defendant inside his dwelling without an arrest warrant. The defendant moved to suppress evidence that (1) the police observed during a protective sweep of his dwelling after he was arrested and (2) the police gathered after they obtained a warrant to search his dwelling. A judge in the Superior Court allowed the defendant's motion to suppress because the police created the exigency that…