Commonwealth v. Ruiz

After their convictions by a Superior Court jury on various weapons and assault charges relating to an attempted home invasion in Lowell, the defendants appeal, claiming that their motions to suppress should have been allowed. The defendant Mosquea raises an additional issue, alleging the improper admission of prior bad act evidence. We affirm the convictions.

1. The motions to suppress. The relevant facts as found by the motion judge, who was not the trial judge, and supplemented by uncontroverted testimony at the suppression hearing, see Commonwealth v. Rivera, 33 Mass. App. Ct. 311, 312…