Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Miranda
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 27, 2004PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
The defendant, Kelmer Miranda, was charged in three separate indictments with distribution of heroin (first indictment), distribution of heroin or possession of heroin with intent to distribute, as a second or subsequent offense (second *784indictment), and conspiracy to violate the controlled substance laws.1 After a Superior Court jury convicted the defendant of distribution of heroin on the theory of joint venture, the judge, with the defendant’s consent, amended the first indictment to include, as a second count, the repeat-offender component of the second indictment.2 The defendant waived…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- United States v. Leslie Fleishman, United States of America v. Peter Combs, United States of America v. Stephen GreenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Commonwealth v. BeckettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. SannaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FurrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. SespedesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. LittleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. MaloneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Commonwealth v. SueroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
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