Commonwealth v. Hunter

This case is before us on interlocutory appeal by the Commonwealth, which asserts error in the judge's allowance of the defendant's motion to suppress.2 We reverse.

Background. The judge found the following facts, which we conclude are amply supported by the record and therefore will not disturb. Following an investigation into drug activity in an apartment in Pittsfield, the police obtained a search warrant that, inter alia, authorized the search of the apartment and four named individuals. The warrant itself did not authorize the search of all those present at the apartment nor did it name…