Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ortega
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 10, 2004PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant, Ricardo Ortega, of trafficking in heroin (G. L. c. 94C, § 32E [c] [l]).1 On appeal, the defendant contends that trial counsel was ineffective because he failed to file a motion to suppress evidence seized during the execution of a no-knock search warrant, and to call essential witnesses at trial. The defendant also claims that the prosecutor’s redirect examination of a witness and closing argument created reversible error, and that the trial judge erred in denying his motions for required findings of not guilty.2 The Appeals Court upheld the…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by64 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ZinserMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Commonwealth v. DagracaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. KeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
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