Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Bernardino Lopez

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided July 17, 2025No. 24-P-494Published

1Opinion of the Court

APPEALS COURT

COMMONWEALTH vs. BERNARDINO LOPEZ

Docket:

24-P-494

Dates:

March 11, 2025 – July 17, 2025

Present:

Desmond, Ditkoff, & Englander, JJ.

County:

Essex

Keywords:

Controlled Substances. Narcotic Drugs. Practice, Criminal, Instructions to jury.

Complaint received and sworn to in the Lawrence Division of the District Court Department on May 18, 2021.

The case was tried before Stephen B. Geary, J.

Jose A. Moncada for the defendant.

Zachary D. Grube, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

DITKOFF, J. The defendant, Bernardino Lopez, appeals from his convictions, after a District Court jury…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LaPerleMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
  2. Commonwealth v. OberleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
  3. Commonwealth v. GonzalezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  4. Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  5. Commonwealth v. WallerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2016

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