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COMMONWEALTH v. HUTCHINS

410 Mass. 726 (1991)

575 N.E.2d 741

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSEPH T. HUTCHINS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

July 24, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Michaelson of the District of Columbia (Douglas M. Gleason of the District of Columbia, & Thomas G. Shapiro with him) for the defendant.

Margaret J. Perry, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.

O'CONNOR, J.

The defendant was convicted of drug offenses at a bench trial in the District Court. He requested a jury trial de novo. Thus, any errors that may have occurred during the bench trial are without consequence. Foley v. Lowell Div. of the Dist. Court Dep't, 398 Mass. 800, 803 (1986). In a jury session of the District Court, the charges were first amended to charges of cultivation of THC (a chemical found...

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