Commonwealth v. Twombly

Following a jury-waived trial, the defendant appeals from his conviction of operating a vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor.1 He claims on appeal that it was error for the judge to have denied his motion to suppress all evidence obtained as the result of an improper extraterritorial stop of the defendant in Salisbury by an Amesbury police officer.2

We summarize certain salient facts found by the motion judge. From his vantage point on Route 110 in Amesbury at about 8:30 p.m. on September 27, 1998, Amesbury police Sergeant *668Scholtz saw the defendant speed down the exit ramp from…