Commonwealth v. Gonzalez

The defendant was charged on a complaint in the Boston Municipal Court Department with distribution of a class A controlled substance (heroin), G. L. c. 94C, § 32, and distribution of the substance within 1,000 feet of a school, G. L. c. 94C, § 32J. On the day scheduled for trial, a judge in the *277Boston Municipal Court: (a) excluded the Commonwealth’s evidence concerning school zone measurements and drug analysis of the substances seized; and (b) conducted a brief jury-waived proceeding over the Commonwealth’s objection, after which the judge entered a required finding of not guilty on the…