Commonwealth v. Hubbard

The Commonwealth appeals from a Superior Court judge's order allowing the defendant's motion to suppress.2 The Commonwealth argues that the judge erred because the police officers had reasonable suspicion to stop the defendant's motor vehicle and conduct a threshold inquiry. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that there was error in the application of legal principles, and, thus, reverse the order allowing the defendant's motion to suppress.

Background. We summarize the judge's findings, supplemented by uncontroverted evidence from the hearing on the motion to suppress. See Commonwealth…