Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Boria
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 20, 2003PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
A District Court jury convicted the defendant of possession with intent to distribute a Class B substance (cocaine) (G. L. c. 94C, § 32A [c]), and possession with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school (G. L. c. 94C, § 32J).1 At the close of the Commonwealth’s case against her, the defendant moved for a required finding of not guilty. The judge denied the motion. The defendant appealed, claiming that the judge erred in denying her motion, and that the prosecutor improperly referred to facts not in evidence in closing argument, thereby creating a substantial risk of a miscarriage…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrzezinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. ClaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. AlbanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. CordleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. GamboraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. EscaleraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. SespedesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. RomeroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
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