Commonwealth v. Rosario

OPINION

MONTEMURO, Justice.

On March 31, 1989, appellant Aida Rosario was found guilty of possession and possession with intent to deliver cocaine. The charges stemmed from drug sales made out of appellant’s residence during her absence by a man who has never been charged, or indeed completely identified, in connection with this case. The sentence imposed, eleven and one half to twenty-three months house arrest, with a subsequent three year term of probation, was appealed by the Commonwealth, and the Superior Court reused, concluding that the leniency of the sentence was an abuse of the trial…