Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Tart
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 8, 1990PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
The defendant, Wesley P. Tart, appeals from his conviction by a jury for landing raw fish in the Commonwealth for the purpose of sale without a State commercial fisherman permit. G. L. c. 130, § 80 (1988 ed.) The defendant asserts various claims of error, each of which we address below. We affirm the conviction.
The jury would have been warranted in finding the following facts. On November 18, 1986, Michael Arena, a member of the law enforcement division (environmental police) of the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Law Enforcement (department), was on patrol on the…
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3Cited by25 opinions
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