Commonwealth v. Tracey

The defendant, Christopher W. Tracey, was indicted by a Plymouth County grand jury for trafficking in cocaine with a net weight of one hundred or more grams but less than two hundred grams, in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (b) (1992 ed.). After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted and sentenced to from fifteen to twenty years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Cedar Junction. The defendant appealed from his conviction to the Appeals Court, arguing that the trial judge (1) erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the defense of entrapment; (2) abused his discretion by…