Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fernandes
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 26, 1991No. 90-P-893PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPorada, J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of trafficking in cocaine of more than 200 grams (G. L. c. 94C, § 32E[6][3], as appearing in St. 1983, c. 571, § 3), unlawful possession of hashish with intent to distribute (G. L. c. 94C, § 32B[o]), unlawful possession of marijuana (G. L. c. 94C, § 34), unlawful possession of valium (G. L. c. 94C, § 34), and unlawful possession of ammunition without an identification card (G. L. c. 269, § 10[/z]). On appeal he assigns as errors: (1) the judge’s refusal to allow the defendant to offer evidence of the codefendant’s plea colloquy and…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. BrzezinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Leonard Jerome Bastida v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, La. State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by15 opinions
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