Commonwealth v. Darden

The defendants, Darden and Ferriabough, were indicted jointly for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and separately for armed robbery. They were convicted of those offenses and have appealed under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. The evidence taken in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth warranted the jury’s finding the following to be the facts which supported the convictions.

On September 29,1975, one Dooling, a police informant, who had previously witnessed Ferriabough obtaining drugs for an addict, and who had been called on the telephone by Ferriabough to see if he wanted to buy an ounce…