Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sapoznik
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 30, 1990No. 88-P-1354PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
On May 9, 1987, the Provincetown police obtained a warrant to search the defendant’s motel room for drugs. As a result of that search a grand jury returned two indictments, one charging the defendant with unlawful possession of heroin with intent to distribute, the other charging unlawful possession of a hypodermic syringe. The defendant waived the assistance of counsel and represented himself at his Superior Court trial on the two indictments. A jury convicted the defendant of unlawful possession of heroin with intent to distribute and acquitted him on the second charge. The defendant has…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- United States v. Robert Leonard LucarzCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Commonwealth v. CinelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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