Commonwealth v. Brown

The defendant was convicted under G. L. c. 94C, § 32E(h)(4), of trafficking in 200 grams or more of cocaine. She claims on appeal that (1) her motion to suppress the cocaine found in a shopping bag she was carrying was erroneously denied; (2) evidence of her silence or ambiguous statements and conduct deemed equivalent to an admission in response to police questioning was improperly admitted and commented upon at trial; and (3) her motion to dismiss the indictment should have been allowed on double jeopardy grounds. We affirm.

Motion to suppress the cocaine. Acting on a tip from a confidential…