Commonwealth v. Bacon

We are concerned here with whether the defendants’ State and Federal constitutional rights were *643violated by a warrantless search of a motor vehicle. Each is charged with the unlawful possession of one or more firearms that were found when two Boston policemen, operating a marked cruiser, stopped them on Washington Street in Boston about 4:10 a.m. on a Saturday morning in March, 1977. The Commonwealth argues the stop was constitutionally justified because of the defendants’ youthful appearance and their occupancy of a relatively expensive car at that time of night, coupled with the driver’s…