Commonwealth v. Sylvia

Following a jury trial in Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of distributing cocaine and of violating a controlled substance law within one hundred feet of a public park. On appeal, the defendant claims that the judge erred in failing to suppress both a pretrial photographic identification made of him by the undercover police officer who had made the *67cocaine purchase that led to his convictions, and also an in-court identification of him by the officer. We affirm the convictions.

Background. The judge did not make extensive findings of fact in ruling on the defendant’s motion to…