Commonwealth v. Kennedy

Convicted of cocaine possession and conspiracy to violate the controlled substances laws, James Kennedy assigns as error a District Court judge’s denial of his motion to suppress the drugs seized from his person during a police search after his warrantless arrest. At the hearing on that motion, the following evidence was presented, all by the arresting Lawrence police officer. At 1 p.m. on a bright, clear day, August 29, 1994, the officer was conducting a surveillance at the intersection of Park and Hampshire Streets in the central section of the city. The officer was there that day, in…