Commonwealth v. Mendoza

The defendant was convicted on an indictment charging her with being an accessory before the fact (G. L. c. 274, § 2) to the principal’s unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, to wit: heroin. The only error assigned by the defendant is the denial of her motion for a directed verdict.

The defendant’s argument that she was, at most, "a casual facilitator” (see, e.g., Beckett v. United States, 379 F.2d 863, 865 [9th Cir. 1967]) is easily refuted by viewing merely a small portion of the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth and drawing reasonable inferences therefrom.…