Commonwealth v. Sepulveda

This is the Commonwealth’s interlocutory appeal from the allowance by a Superior Court judge of the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence that the Massachusetts State police had obtained as a result of searching the defendant’s apartment. The judge granted the motion on the ground that the warrant authorizing the search had been executed unlawfully in that the police failed to announce their identity and purpose before entering the apartment. The warrant did not authorize entry without announcement.

The judge made the following findings relative to the execution of the search warrant. State…