Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Stephens
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 8, 2008PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
We decide in this case whether the Commonwealth is collaterally estopped from relitigating a suppression issue after the issue has been resolved against it in an earlier proceeding against a different defendant. In connection with an alleged drug transaction that occurred in May, 2003, the defendant, Elvin Stephens, and a codefendant were charged in the Lawrence Division of the District Court Department with possessing cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32A,1 possession of cocaine in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 34,2 and conspiracy to violate the controlled…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- United States v. MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Standefer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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