Commonwealth v. Carter

The defendant appeals from her conviction, after a jury trial, of receiving stolen property valued at over $250, G. L. c. 266, § 60. She argues that a judge erred in denying her motion to suppress evidence obtained through a warrantless search of her purse. We agree and conclude that her conviction must be reversed.

Background. We recite the relevant facts as found by the motion judge, supplemented where necessary by uncontroverted police testimony that the judge implicitly credited.2 See Commonwealth v. Isaiah I., 448 Mass. 334, 337 (2007), S.C., 450 Mass. 818 (2008).

In December, 2015, a…