Commonwealth v. Avalo

The defendant appeals from her conviction of trafficking in more than twenty-eight grams of cocaine (G. L. c. 94C, § 32E). She argues that a Superior Court judge erred in denying a motion to suppress cocaine seized as a result of a warrantless search. The defendant also claims the judge committed error in refusing to permit her to ask a witness whether she was the informant who gave the police information that resulted in the defendant’s arrest.

After denying the defendant’s suppression motion, the judge filed a memorandum of decision containing her findings of fact, rulings of law, and order…