Commonwealth v. Figueroa

Liacos, CJ.

The defendant, David Figueroa, was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of trafficking in 38.5 grams of heroin. The heroin was discovered in the defendant’s automobile during a roadside .inventory search conducted by the Massachusetts State police. Following an evidentiary hearing prior to trial, a judge of the Superior Court denied the defendant’s motion to suppress the seized evidence. Following his conviction, the defendant appealed. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion. The defendant argues on appeal thajt his motion to suppress should have been allowed'…