Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Chappee
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 12, 1986PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
After a jury-waived trial, the defendant was found guilty of trafficking in cocaine, G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (b) (2) (1984 ed.), and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. G. L. c. 94C, § 32A (a) (1984 ed.). The judge sentenced the defendant to from five to ten years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Cedar Junction, imposed a fine of $15,000 on the trafficking conviction and, with the defendant’s assent, ordered the indictment for possession with intent to distribute filed. The defendant appealed and we transferred the case to this court on our own motion.
The defendant…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Oliver v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. NoblesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by72 opinions
- California v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Commonwealth v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. OwensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Douglas D. Chappee v. George VoseCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Commonwealth v. RomanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
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