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Commonwealth v. Klusman

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided March 25, 1999No. 97-P-2039PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Claiming a number of errors, the defendant appeals from convictions of distributing marijuana and of doing so within 1,000 feet of a school, the West Springfield Middle School Academy (academy). We focus our discussion on the defendant’s argument regarding the school zone conviction.

The academy is a two-room alternative school of the West Springfield school system, located in a building owned by the West Springfield Boys and Girls Club (club). Each classroom has a teacher and six to eight students in grades six through eight. The town of West Springfield rents the rooms from *920the club. There…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. RoucouletMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
  3. State v. IvorySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. AlvarezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
  5. State v. BaezNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1990

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
  2. State v. WiltSupreme Court of Kansas · 2002
  3. Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
  4. Commonwealth v. LawrenceMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
  5. Commonwealth v. PaigeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002

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