Commonwealth v. Gomes

The defendant was indicted by a Suffolk County grand jury on one charge of possession of a class B controlled substance (cocaine) with intent to distribute, second offense, in *507violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32A (c) and (d), and one charge of possession with intent to distribute in a school zone, in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32J. He filed a motion to suppress the evidence seized from his person on the grounds that he was unlawfully stopped and searched without a warrant in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, art. 14 of the Massachusetts…