Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Garcia
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 17, 1986PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
The defendant has appealed from Superior Court convictions of possession of Class A (heroin) and Class B (cocaine) controlled substances with intent to distribute them. G. L. c. 94C, §§ 32 and 32A, respectively. Two questions have been argued.
1. The heroin and cocaine which gave rise to the prosecutions were discovered and seized by the police in the course of executing a warrant to search the defendant’s apartment in Lynn. The State police officer who headed up the search team had met with his informant during the morning of November 2, 1983, and had secured the warrant later that day from…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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