Commonwealth v. Walker

The defendant seeks to withdraw guilty pleas entered January 7, 1992, on indictments charging unlawful possession of a firearm, second offense, and unlawful possession of ammunition. The charges stemmed from an investigatory stop of the defendant initiated by officers of the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) who had received a report of an armed robbery that had just been committed in the vicinity by “two black guys.” While conducting a protective pat-down search of the defendant, the officers recovered a loaded .32 caliber *868handgun.1 The defendant’s motion to suppress the handgun and…