Commonwealth v. Perez

The defendant was charged in an indictment with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32A(a). The defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized as a result of a search of his person was denied after an evidentiary hearing. The defendant was found guilty after a jury-waived trial. On appeal, the defendant claims that the motion judge committed error in denying his suppression motion.

This matter arose out of a search of a single-family home in Leominster occupied by Michael Syria. The object of the search *283was marijuana, drag paraphernalia, and other…