COMMONWEALTH v. RIVERA


429 Mass. 620 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. GEOVANNI RIVERA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

June 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy H. Sibbison for the defendant.

Thomas H. Townsend, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

A jury convicted the defendant of trafficking in 200 or more grams of cocaine and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Prior to trial, the judge denied the defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized during his arrest. The defendant now appeals from all three convictions, arguing that the judge improperly denied his motion to suppress and, in the alternative, urging us to reduce his conviction to reflect possession of a lesser quantity of...

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