Commonwealth v. Blevines

In this interlocutory appeal,1 we review the propriety of an order of a District Court judge, following an evidentiary hearing, denying the defendant’s motion to suppress physical evidence. The subject matter of the defendant’s motion was a set of keys taken from his person after his arrest for public drinking (a violation of a city ordinance), and a plastic bag containing cocaine seized without warrant from a motor vehicle near where the defendant was arrested.2 We conclude that the motion to suppress should have been allowed.

We summarize the factual findings of the motion judge. At about…