Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sanchez
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 22, 1988PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction for trafficking in cocaine. G. L. c. 94C, §§ 31, 32A (a). The defendant alleges error in the denial of (1) his motion to suppress; (2) his motion to dismiss, based on a delayed arraignment after indictment; and (3) his posttrial motion for a required finding of not guilty, or for a new trial. G. L. c. 278, § 11. Mass. R. Crim. P. 25 (a), 378 Mass. 842 (1979). We transferred the case to this court on our own motion. We affirm.
The motion judge found the following facts. On October 22,1986, the defendant arrived at Logan Airport on the Eastern Airlines…
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