Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Acosta
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 14, 1993PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
This appeal arises from the defendant’s conviction of trafficking in cocaine in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (6) (1992 ed.). The defendant challenges the denial of his pretrial motions to suppress (1) the cocaine seized from his person and from his apartment at the time of his arrest, and (2) his response to a question asked of him during the booking procedure. The defendant asserts that the admission of his statement violated his rights under art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, and that the cocaine was the product of an illegal search. We granted the defendant’s…
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