Commonwealth v. Gant

The only real issue at the defendant’s trial for unlawful distribution of cocaine and related charges was whether he was the individual involved in a street exchange with Juanita Gonzalez just outside the Band Club in the city of New Bedford. *315The defendant moved pretrial to suppress material evidence — a three-gram bag of cocaine, a cellular telephone, a loaded semi-automatic pistol, and $434 in cash — that had been seized in consequence of what the police intended to be an arrest inside the men’s room of the Band Club. Following an adverse ruling after a hearing, the defendant was convicted…