Commonwealth v. Lopez

A judge in the District Court Department allowed the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence, specifically, two packets that contained “crack” cocaine, where the judge concluded that police had obtained that evidence as a result of an unlawful stop. A single justice of this court allowed the Commonwealth to pursue an interlocutory appeal to the Appeals *609Court, and in an unpublished memorandum and order pursuant to its rule 1:28, the Appeals Court affirmed the order to suppress. Commonwealth v. Lopez, 70 Mass. App. Ct. 1106 (2007). We granted the Commonwealth’s application for further appellate…