Commonwealth v. Cadoret

The Commonwealth appeals from the allowance of the defendants’ motion to suppress evidence obtained in a warrantless search of a social club that they operate. We transferred the appeal here on our own motion and now affirm the order allowing the motion to suppress.

We summarize the motion judge’s findings of fact. The defendant D’Onofrio is the treasurer, and the defendant Cadoret is a member of the board of directors, of The Loft Twenty-One Association, Inc. (The Loft), a nonprofit corporation that operates the club on Stanhope Street in Boston. The defendants operate the club, in effect, as…