Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gonzalez
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 9, 1999No. 97-P-2266PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Once again, we consider the seller or buyer question in connection with a drug transaction. We decide that in this case there was sufficient evidence from which the jury could find that Pedro J. Gonzalez, the defendant, was a seller of heroin.
On December 19, 1996, a Superior Court jury returned a *256verdict of guilty against Gonzalez of possession of heroin with intent to distribute (G. L. c. 94C, § 32[a]). That day he was also convicted, at a second trial before the same judge and jury, of having committed that offense at least once before (G. L. c. 94C, § 32[6]) and was sentenced to serve a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. LaPerleMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. NicholsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1976
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. OrtegaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. DancyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. BestMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. OrtegaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. PeckMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2014
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