COMMONWEALTH v. LYONS


409 Mass. 16 (1990)

564 N.E.2d 390

COMMONWEALTH vs. WAYNE LYONS (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

December 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Coppola for Randy S. Smart.

Dyanne J. Klein, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Andrew M. Gradzewicz, for Wayne Lyons, was present but did not argue.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

At issue is the correctness of an order denying the defendants' motions to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a decision by a State trooper to stop the automobile containing the defendants as it headed north on Interstate 95. The automobile was stopped on the basis of information provided by an anonymous informant. As a result of the stop, the police obtained evidence inculpating the defendants. An Essex...

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