Commonwealth v. Gonzalez

A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant of two counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon based on evidence that he participated in two drive-by shootings in Lowell. On appeal, the defendant challenges the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress evidence, arguing that the police stopped his vehicle without reasonable suspicion. We affirm.

Background. We summarize the relevant facts from the motion judge's findings on the motion to suppress, supplemented where appropriate by uncontroverted suppression hearing testimony that he explicitly or implicitly credited. See Commonwealth v.…