Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Gonzalez

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided February 21, 1997No. 95-P-1558PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJacobs, J.

Soon after a Superior Court juiy was unable to agree upon a verdict, a second jury convicted the defendant of trafficking in cocaine with a net weight of twenty-eight grams or more, pursuant to G. L. c. 94C, § 32E(¿>)(1), as appearing in St. 1983, c. 571, § 3.1 The sole issue before us is whether the judge erred in denying the defendant’s motion for a required finding of not guilty. We conclude that there was no error and, therefore, affirm the conviction.

We summarize the pertinent evidence, viewing it, as we *236must, in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth. See Commonwealth v. Merola,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. FancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
  3. Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. MontanezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
  5. Commonwealth v. BrzezinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. VelasquezMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
  2. Commonwealth v. BoriaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
  3. Commonwealth v. FrongilloMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
  4. Commonwealth v. PintoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. StackMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000

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