Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Coyne
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 20, 1997No. 95-P-1013PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
The three defendants were convicted of trafficking in cocaine in an amount exceeding 100 grams, G. L. c. 94C, § 32E(¿>)(3). The three were caught red-handed (indeed, videotaped) in the act of making the sale to undercover State police officer Michael Grassia. They had been put in touch with Grassia by one Lloyd Goldman, himself a seller of cocaine, who had been convicted but promised a lenient sentence for cooperating with the Commonwealth by introducing police officers to dealers who dealt in large quantities.
The contact was initiated by a call from Goldman to Grassia. Upon reaching Grassia,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. DomanskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- United States v. Olga Valencia and William Suarez ValenciaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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