Commonwealth v. Richards

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

Defendant was found guilty by a judge sitting without a jury on all counts of an indictment charging possession of drugs, assault and battery upon a police officer, and resisting arrest. At trial defendant’s preliminary motion to suppress certain evidence, consisting of bags of marijuana, allegedly obtained by the police through an illegal search and seizure at defendant’s apartment was overruled after an extensive hearing. Following the trial and the finding of guilty, the court below granted defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment on all counts solely on the ground…