COMMONWEALTH v. CROFT


345 Mass. 143 (1962)

186 N.E.2d 468

COMMONWEALTH vs. BERNARD CROFT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert L. Hutton, Jr. (Ronald J. Chisholm with him) for the defendant.

John A. Pino, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, KIRK, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


SPIEGEL, J.

An indictment, drawn in two counts, charged the defendant in count 1 with unlawful possession of heroin and in count 2 with possession of heroin with the intent unlawfully to sell and deliver it. He was tried before a jury, found guilty on each count, and sentenced to a term of not more than ten years and not less than seven years. The defendant is here on his exception to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict on count 2.

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