Commonwealth v. Rendon-Alvarez

The defendant was convicted of trafficking in cocaine in excess of 200 grams based on evidence that he drove, and was the sole occupant of, a car with slightly over a kilo of the drug, wrapped in brick form, hidden under the front seat. State Trooper O’Neil had stopped the car for a traffic violation and noticed the distinctive package protruding from beneath the seat. The trooper read the defendant the Miranda warnings from a card he carried; then, seeing that the defendant spoke English with difficulty, he had the defendant read the back side of the card, which listed the Miranda warnings…