Commonwealth v. Lugo

A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of distributing heroin. The only evidence concerning the defendant’s alleged activities came from Sergeant Walter Soriano of the Lawrence police department who testified that, while at an undisclosed location, he had observed the defendant selling drugs in a parking lot. In the initial appeal, the Appeals Court considered the correctness of a pretrial ruling by the judge that allowed the Commonwealth’s motion in limine to prohibit the defendant’s counsel from questioning Soriano on the exact location from which he made his observations. See…