Commonwealth v. Kotlyarevskiy

Following a bench trial on stipulated facts, the defendant, Tsezar Kotlyarevskiy, was convicted of carrying a dangerous weapon (double-edged knife), being an alien in possession of a firearm, and carrying a firearm without a license. On appeal, the sole issue arises from the denial of the defendant’s pretrial motion to suppress, among other things, the firearm and the knife seized from him incident to his arrest. The defendant contends that the police did not have probable cause to arrest him and that the search and seizure accordingly cannot stand. We affirm.

Facts. We recite the pertinent…