Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Signorine
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 22, 1989PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
On April 15,1986, a jury convicted the defendant, Louis A. Signorine, of trafficking in cocaine in excess of 100 grams but less than 200 grams, and unlawful possession of marihuana. The judge ordered the unlawful possession of marihuana conviction placed on file. The defendant appealed to the Appeals Court. A single justice of that court stayed execution of the defendant’s sentence pending appeal. We transferred the case here on our own motion.
The defendant challenges his cocaine trafficking conviction on several grounds. He argues that the judge erred in (1) denying his motion to suppress…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. SellonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- United States v. Gregory James Freeman and David Lyle Boese, A/K/A Dennis Phillip Stevens and David SterlingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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