Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ortiz
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 27, 2000PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
After a jury-waived trial, a judge in the Superior Court convicted the defendant on two separate indictments, the first charging him with trafficking in heroin in an amount of twenty-eight grams or more, but less than one hundred grams, G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (c) (2), and the second charging him with trafficking in heroin in an amount of 200 grams or more, G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (c) (4).1 The defendant argues that the Commonwealth’s evidence was insufficient to warrant the latter conviction because the prosecution had aggregated the amounts found in two “stashes” of heroin at different locations to…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Cummings v. National Shawmut Bank of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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3Cited by19 opinions
- DutilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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- Commonwealth v. EvansMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. MontanezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. KernsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
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