Commonwealth v. Dennis
Massachusetts Appeals Court
1Opinion of the CourtPorada, J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of trafficking in more than fourteen but less than twenty-eight grams of cocaine (G. L. c. 94C, § 32E[¿>][1]) and of three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child (G. L. c. 119, § 63). On appeal, he claims the trial judge erred in admitting in evidence the testi*667mony of a police officer as to how street level drug dealers conduct their business and in denying the defendant’s motions for required findings of not guilty. We reverse the judgments based on the sufficiency of the evidence and remand the case for sentencing on…
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