Commonwealth v. Grant

The defendant was stopped as part of an early mom*335ing police roadblock1 in an attempt to apprehend one or more suspects who had been involved in a shooting incident.2 The defendant was questioned, and after police observed a weapon in his vehicle, he was arrested. In a jury-waived trial, he was found guilty of carrying a firearm without a license, G. L. c. 269, § 10(a), and defacing a firearm serial number, G. L. c. 269, § 11C. He contends that (1) his inculpatory admissions and the weapon should have been suppressed because the roadblock constituted an illegal seizure in violation of his…