COMMONWEALTH v. LACEND

No. 91-P-1335.

33 Mass. App. Ct. 495 (1992)

601 N.E.2d 490

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSE RAMON LACEND.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

November 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James B. Krasnoo for the defendant.

Present: BROWN, DREBEN, & PORADA, JJ.


DREBEN, J.

Claiming that he was entrapped into committing the alleged crime of possession of cocaine and that, in any event, he did not "possess" the drug, the defendant moved for dismissal of a complaint charging him with unlawful possession of a Class B substance (G.L.c. 94C, § 34). A District Court judge, without stating his reasons, allowed the motion. This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from the dismissal...

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