Commonwealth v. Durango

The defendant was convicted by a Superior Court jury of trafficking in heroin in an amount of more than 200 grams, G. L. c. 94C, § 32E, and failure to stop a motor vehicle for a police officer, G. L. c. 90, § 25.1 On appeal, the defendant alleges that the trial judge erred in admitting prejudicial evidence relating to the defendant’s nationality, his prior use of an alias, his use of what was alleged to be an altered alien *186identification card, and his marital status, none of which was relevant to the crimes with which he was charged. We affirm.

Based on the evidence presented at trial, the…