Commonwealth v. Graham

Following their arrest on firearm and drug charges, the defendants, William A. Graham and Robert Kines, moved to suppress the incriminating evidence, which consisted of *128marijuana found in their pockets and a pistol foi nd in the glove compartment of the automobile Kines was driving when police stopped it for traffic violations. A judge allowed the defendants’ motion and the Commonwealth appeals, but only from suppression of the firearm.

We take the pertinent facts from the judge’s findings. Commonwealth v. Washington, 449 Mass. 476, 477 (2007). On those facts, the motion judge found that the…