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COMMONWEALTH v. DIAZ

383 Mass. 73 (1981)

417 N.E.2d 950

COMMONWEALTH vs. PEDRO DIAZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen A. Howard for the defendant.

Charles M. Campo, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & ABRAMS, JJ.

KAPLAN, J.

This appeal presents questions about the impeachment of a defendant in a criminal case through evidence of his prior convictions, and about double jeopardy in the sense of multiple punishments. Finding no error, we affirm the judgments of conviction.

Upon indictments for unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (G.L.c. 94C, § 32, as before 1980 amendment), and for possession of a controlled...

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