Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 5, 1992PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The defendant was found guilty by a jury of trafficking in cocaine, possession of marihuana, 1 and carrying a firearm without a license. On appeal he argues that the trial judge, who was also the motion judge, erred in: (1) denying his pretrial motion to suppress evidence seized from his person and automobile witho.ut a warrant; (2) admitting police testimony at trial concerning the packaging and purity of cocaine; and (3) refusing to give an instruction that the defendant’s transfer of drugs to other joint possessors strictly for personal use does not constitute distribution for purposes of…
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- United States v. RushCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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