Commonwealth v. Andujar

Admission of opinion testimony from a police officer that the defendant had engaged in street level drug transactions and a redirect examination of the officer that implicated the defendant’s right to remain silent are focal points of the defendant’s appeal from convictions of distribution of cocaine and distribution within 1,000 feet of a school zone. We reverse the defendant’s convictions because the error in admission of the officer’s opinion cannot be deemed nonprejudicial when viewed together with the improper questions pertaining to the defendant’s silence. See Commonwealth v. Borodine,…