Commonwealth v. Dasilva

The defendant, Jonathan Dasilva, was convicted of possession of a class D substance and appeals on two grounds: (1) that the police stop that led to the discovery of marijuana in his possession was not supported by probable cause or reasonable suspicion; and (2) that it was error for the motion judge not to admit the prior sworn testimony of a wit*557ness who testified at the defendant’s probation surrender hearing and was unavailable at the time of the motion to suppress hearing. We affirm.

Background. A hearing was held on a motion to suppress the marijuana police had found on the defendant.…