Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hill
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 30, 2000No. 98-P-1457PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
A Roxbury District Court complaint charged the defendant with distributing cocaine in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32A, and doing so within 1,000 feet of a school. G. L. c. 94C, § 32J. She filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Mass.R.Crim.P. 13(c), 378 Mass. 872 (1979), on the ground that “the [c]omplaint was obtained pursuant to an unlawful arrest; and, since no evidence was derived from the unlawful arrest, dismissal is the appropriate remedy.” After an evidentiary hearing at which four *59Boston police officers testified, a District Court judge allowed the defendant’s motion. The Commonwealth…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- United States v. CrewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Hector Santiago v. Paul J. Fenton, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Commonwealth v. BeckettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. MercadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. SantalizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. EmuakporMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. LegerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. GantMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
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