Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brown
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 6, 1987PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
On April 24, 1980, the defendant, Dennis W. Brown, was found guilty by a jury of six in the Haverhill District Court of the crime of possession of a class D controlled substance (marihuana) with intent to distribute (G. L. c. 94C, § 32C) and sentenced to a term of one year in a house of correction, thirty days to be served, balance suspended, two years’ probation. On December 9, 1981, the defendant, then on probation, was served with a notice to surrender alleging as violations of probation “Probable continued criminal be havior to wit — Drug Trafficking,” “Continued scheme over various…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Black v. RomanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Lane v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- John Henry Hewett v. State of North Carolina, R. L. Turner, Warden, Central Prison, Jerry Ray Cassada v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Adkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1991
- Commonwealth v. MorseMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. ChristianMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. FallonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
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