Commonwealth v. Medeiros

After a motion judge denied the defendant’s motion to suppress, the defendant was found guilty at a bench trial in the District Court on a complaint charging him with operating a motor vehicle after his operator’s license had been suspended, in violation of G. L. c. 90, § 23. The defendant appeals.

The defendant asserts that the stop of his automobile and the arresting officer’s interrogation of him violated his rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. On the record before us, it appears that the judge erred in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress the…