Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ennis
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 3, 1973PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGoodman, J.
This is an appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction for the sale of marijuana. The defendant was given a suspended sentence to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord and placed on probation for two years. The Commonwealth’s evidence of the sale was given by a police officer who testified that on April 20,1968, at about 1:00 or 1:30 p.m. he met the defendant and bought the marijuana from him. The sale had been prearranged. The officer had previously met the defendant after a conversation with “a fellow at a diner in Saugus,” who was subsequently referred to as…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rugendorf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Commonwealth v. St. PierreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SwensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. DouzanisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- State v. MilliganSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
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