Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gentle
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 25, 2011No. 10-P-622PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKafker, J.
After he vanished on the fourth day of his trial in November of 2004, the defendant, Germaine Gentle, was convicted of trafficking more than twenty-eight but less than one hundred grams of cocaine in a school zone, G. L. c. 94C, §§ 32E(A), 32J; distribution of cocaine, G. L. c. 94C, § 32A(c); possession of a firearm without a firearm identification card, G. L. c. 269, § 10(A); and possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, G. L. c. 269, § 10(A).
In October, 2008, the defendant was arrested while traveling from Barbados to Canada, and the Commonwealth arranged to have him…
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