Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Scala
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 30, 1980PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant appeals his conviction for the unauthorized possession of amphetamine with intent to distribute. He contends that his motion to suppress evidence of the drugs seized at the time of his arrest should have been allowed. He bases his claim on principles of collateral estoppel ana on the ground that the drugs were found incident to an unlawful arrest. He also argues that his motions to dismiss the indictment and for a directed verdict were erroneously denied. There was no error.
The facts, as established at the Superior Court hearing on the motion to suppress, are as follows. On…
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