Commonwealth v. Jones-Pannell
Annotate this CaseDefendant fled when two Boston police officers attempted to stop and question him. When the officers apprehended Defendant, a handgun containing ammunition fell from his pants. Defendant was charged with multiple firearms offenses and resisting arrest. Defendant moved to suppress the evidence obtained from the encounter. A municipal court judge allowed the motion to suppress. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding (1) the motion judge’s finding regarding the moment Defendant was seized was not erroneous; (2) the judge’s finding that the facts of this case did not support a conclusion of reasonable suspicion was not clearly erroneous; and (3) the Court was not permitted to make additional findings, and reach a different result, based on its own view of the evidence.
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