Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hall
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 11, 2000No. 99-P-228PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDrbben, J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction of trafficking in excess of twenty-eight grams of cocaine. We reverse *209his conviction and remand for a new trial because all evidence of police brutality was excluded so as to preclude the defendant from conveying the issue of police bias to the jury. The credibility of the police witnesses was a critical issue at trial. We discuss only those issues that are relevant to a new trial.
1. Motion to suppress. The motion judge found the following facts. Based on a tip of a confidential informant that the defendant would arrive at Truman Circle in Springfield…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. AlphasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. StouteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. Va Meng JoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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3Cited by11 opinions
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