Commonwealth v. Garcia

INTRODUCTION

The defendant stands indicted on a single charge of trafficking in one hundred grams or more of cocaine. He has moved to suppress physical evidence (the *571cocaine itself) which was seized from an apartment in Lawrence on September 26, 1994. The Court conducted a hearing on the motion from September 11, 1995 through September 13, 1995. The following constitute the Court’s findings of fact, rulings of law and order on the motion.

FINDINGS OF FACT

On the evening of September 26, 1994, Lawrence Police Detectives Thomas Wolfendale and Brian Burokas proceeded to Osgood Street, in Lawrence,…