Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Staines
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 22, 2004PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
In connection with his indictment charging trafficking in cocaine over twenty-eight grams, the defendant filed a motion to suppress the cocaine and cash found in a search of his automobile. The motion was denied and the defendant was convicted by a Superior Court jury.1 He filed a timely notice of appeal. The Appeals Court allowed the defendant’s motion to stay appellate proceedings so that he could pursue a motion for a new trial in the Superior Court. After the trial judge heard and denied the motion for a new trial, the Appeals Court ordered that the appeal from the denial of that motion…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- United States v. GendronCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ConnollyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. PorroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. PinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
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