Commonwealth v. Moon

Andrew Moon was indicted for the crime of assault by means of a dangerous weapon (G. L. c. 265, § 15B) upon Charles Mosesian, arising out of an incident on the night of June 27, 1977. Prior to trial he moved to suppress a wallet and its contents on the basis that the items had been seized from his automobile by means of an illegal warrantless search. He also sought to suppress an identification made by the victim at the scene (by use of the defendant’s picture on his driver’s license taken from his wallet) and the victim’s proposed in-court identification. After an evidentiary hearing, the…