Commonwealth v. Jose Rodrigues

SUPERIOR COURT

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSE RODRIGUES

Docket:

21-615

Dates:

August 16, 2023

Present:

Peter B. Krupp

County:

SUFFOLK

Keywords:

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS

Defendant Jose Rodrigues (“defendant”) is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and related charges. The case is before me on defendant’s motion to dismiss based on the Commonwealth’s failure to disclose an exculpatory surveillance videotape before he entered a guilty plea. After an evidentiary hearing at which I took testimony from Boston Police Det. Brian Ball (“Det. Ball”), and after review of the docket, recordings of…