Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Dessources

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided May 8, 2009No. 07-P-1814PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGrasso, J.

On appeal from his convictions of possession of a

class D substance with the intent to distribute (G. L. c. 94C, § 32C), and a public park drug zone violation (G. L. c. 94C, § 32J), the defendant maintains that his convictions should be reversed because of errors in the (1) denial of his motion to suppress evidence, (2) admission of expert testimony, (3) sufficiency of the evidence of an intent to distribute, and (4) admission of the drugs and a drug analysis certificate. We affirm.

1. The motion to suppress evidence. We sketch the facts found by the motion judge, with minor additions from the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  4. Commonwealth v. Isaiah I.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
  5. Commonwealth v. VerdeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
  2. Commonwealth v. QuilterMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2012
  3. Commonwealth v. SepheusMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2012
  4. Commonwealth v. BarbosaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018
  5. Commonwealth v. Ilya I., a juvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015

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