Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ortiz
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 8, 1997PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
We allowed the Commonwealth’s application for direct appellate review in connection with the defendant’s appeal from her convictions after a jury trial on two indictments charging trafficking in cocaine, G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (b).1 We examine the defendant’s contentions that (1) she was entitled to a required finding of not guilty on the trafficking *854charge that was prosecuted on a joint participation theory (no. 93934); (2) evidence of the cocaine involved in both trafficking charges was admitted in evidence without proper “identification” by the authenticating police officer; and (3) she was…
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