Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Harvard
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 3, 1969PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The defendant was convicted on three indictments, two of which charged a sale, and one possession, of marihuana. G. L. c. 94, §§ 205, 217. The defendant appealed, the trial having been conducted pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. The defendant assigns as error the refusal of the judge to direct verdicts of not guilty on all indictments and five rulings on evidence, four of which have been waived.
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