Commonwealth v. Hernandez

After a jury trial in Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of trafficking in cocaine weighing over 200 grams. On appeal, he claims error in the denial of: his pretrial motion to suppress certain evidence, his motions for a required finding of not guilty, and his request for a mistrial. The defendant also argues that the Commonwealth's closing argument was flawed in certain respects. Discerning no abuse of discretion or other reversible error of law, we affirm the conviction.

Background. There was little variance between the evidence admitted at the evidentiary hearing on the motion to…