Commonwealth v. Dasilva

The defendant was convicted, following a jury-waived trial, of illegal possession of a handgun (G. L. c. 269, § 10[tij), which had an altered serial number (G. L. c. 269, § 11C), and illegal possession of ammunition (G. L. c. 269, *221§ 10[/i]). His sole argument is that the motion judge erred in denying his pretrial motion to suppress the handgun and ammunition which, he claims, were obtained as the result of an investigatory stop not based on reasonable suspicion, in violation of art. 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. The motion judge found that the officers had lawfully stopped…