Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Va Meng Joe
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 3, 1997PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The defendant was indicted in December of 1992 for trafficking in heroin. G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (c) (1). Prior to trial, the defendant moved to suppress the drugs which were seized from his pocket at the time of his arrest. The motion was denied. The defendant waived a jury trial and was found guilty by a Superior Court judge. The defendant appealed. The Appeals Court affirmed the conviction, concluding that the stop of the defendant was a valid investigatory stop and that the subsequent search of the defendant was justified because the police officers were warranted in taking reasonable…
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