Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Palmer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 5, 2013PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
In this case we consider again what impact, if any, G. L. c. 94C, § 32L (§ 32L), which decriminalizes possession of one ounce or less of marijuana, has on the provisions of G. L. c. 94C, § 32C (a) (§ 32C [a]). See Commonwealth v. Keefner, 461 Mass. 507 (2012) (Keefner). The defendant was charged with cultivation of marijuana in violation of § 32C (a) and committing that violation in a school zone, G. L. c. 94C, § 32J, after police found several marijuana plants that collectively weighed less than one ounce growing in a closet in his *774home. A judge in the District Court granted the defendant’s…
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