Legal Opinion
Joseph A. Meehan v. Town of Plymouth
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 3, 1999No. 97-2235PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Joseph A. Meehan was arrested by Plymouth police officers William E. Curtis, John W. Rogers, Jr., and Robert J. Pomeroy during a drug raid in a local bar. Meehan was convicted in Massachusetts state court of trafficking in cocaine. On appeal, however, his conviction was overturned because the appeals court found that the evidence of Meehan’s involvement in the particular joint venture to traffic in cocaine was insufficient as a matter of law. See Commonwealth v. Meehan, 33 Mass.App.Ct. 262, 597 N.E.2d 1384 (Mass.App.Ct.1992). Mee-han then filed the…
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