Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Orion O.

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided May 21, 2019No. 18-P-1517Published

1Opinion of the Court

Before us are the Commonwealth's interlocutory appeal from the partial allowance of the juvenile's motion to suppress and the juvenile's cross appeal from the partial denial of that motion. We affirm.

We recite the judge's subsidiary findings of fact, supplementing them with uncontroverted testimony from Boston Police Officer Lopes, whose testimony the judge explicitly credited. See Commonwealth v. Isaiah I., 448 Mass. 334, 337 (2007).

While working in plainclothes as a member of the "Youth Violence Strike Force" on April 9, 2017, Officer Lopes received a text message from his supervisor…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. GrandisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  4. Commonwealth v. StouteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
  5. Commonwealth v. Isaiah I.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007

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