Commonwealth v. Feeney

After an evidentiary hearing, a District Court judge partially allowed the defendant’s motion to suppress his *125statements identifying incriminating evidence as his and an inventory sheet that he signed.1 The police had obtained the evidence via a ruse that the judge determined violated the defendant’s rights under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Commonwealth has pursued an interlocutory appeal and argues that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his constitutional right to remain silent and that the police ruse did not overbear the defendant’s free will. We…