Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wilson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 5, 2004PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
The defendant appeals from his convictions of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and for committing this offense within 1,000 feet of a school. See G. L. c. 94C, §§ 32C, 32J. On appeal, the defendant claims that his motion to suppress marijuana discovered on his person pursuant to a patfrisk should have been allowed. The defendant also claims that the trial judge erred in permitting a police officer to give irrelevant, prejudicial testimony; admitting expert testimony that the items found on the defendant were consistent with an intent to distribute; and denying the…
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