Commonwealth v. Alcala
Massachusetts Appeals Court
1Opinion of the CourtJacobs, J.
The defendant appeals from his convictions, after a bench trial in the Superior Court, of conspiracy to traffic in marijuana, G. L. c. 94C, § 40, and trafficking in marijuana in an amount more than one hurdred and less than two thousand pounds, G. L. c. 94C, § 32E(u)(2). We affirm.
*50Factual background. A Massachusetts State trooper, working undercover as a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver, delivered four large boxes with a return address in Phoenix, Arizona, to Prestige Auto Detailing (Prestige) in Leominster. A number of State, local, and Federal officers were nearby, and an anticipatory…
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