Commonwealth v. Manrique

On the afternoon of August 24, 1987, in accordance with a plan adopted earlier that day at a meeting among Trooper Mark Stevens and two informants, Rick Es*598taño (Rick) and either Charles Risio or Charles Rubino (both of whom were known as (“Chuck”), Trooper Stevens, in plain clothes and driving an unmarked Cadillac automobile, arrived at a public rest area on Route 3 in Plymouth. An unoccupied, white Mercedes automobile with District of Columbia license plates was parked in the area, as was a gray Chrysler with two occupants, Rick and the defendant.

The jury could have found that the following…