Case against alleged drug trafficker dismissed following illegal stop and prosecutorial nondisclosure of evidence
June 2017
June 8, 2017, Middlesex County Superior Court case no. 1481CR00952 charging trafficking in cocaine. Pursuant to a motor vehicle stop, police search client's vehicle, finding over 100 grams cocaine in a hidden compartment. Client faces 8 year minimum mandatory if convicted. We file a motion to suppress which argued police illegally stopped and searched our client's car. We file further motions arguing that the government wrongfully concealed evidence favorable to the defense. Following a hearing on those motions, the Court allows our motion to suppress and the case is dismissed.
Practice area(s): Criminal Defense, Constitutional Law
Court: Middlesex County Superior Court