Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Allen

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 5, 1990PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.

After a jury-waived trial before a judge in the Superior Court, the defendant was found guilty of unlawful cultivation of marihuana, unlawful possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and unlawful possession of marihuana with intent to distribute, and was sentenced to concurrent one-year terms followed by three years’ probation on each of the charges. The defendant filed an appeal in the Appeals Court and we transferred the case here on our own motion. The defendant’s sole argument on appeal is that there was error in the denial of his pretrial motion to sup press evidence. The…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Sgro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. BottariMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ConnollyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
  2. Commonwealth v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
  3. Commonwealth v. WelchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. LopesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
  5. Commonwealth v. AlvarezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996

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