Commonwealth v. Laltaprasad

The defendant, Imran Laltaprasad, was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of heroin with intent to distribute.2 On appeal, he contends that the motion judge erroneously denied his motion to suppress and that the trial judge erroneously admitted a comment made by the Commonwealth's expert on street-level drug transactions. We affirm.

1. Motion to suppress. The motion judge correctly determined that the defendant was stopped when Detective James Hyde ordered him to "stay" inside the parked vehicle that he had been driving, and that this order must be…