COMMONWEALTH v. RENDON-ALVAREZ.

No. 98-P-412.

48 Mass. App. Ct. 140 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSE LUIS RENDON-ALVAREZ.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Essex.

October 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Onek, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Marcia H. Slingerland, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: ARMSTRONG, KASS, & PORADA, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, J.

The defendant was convicted of trafficking in cocaine in excess of 200 grams based on evidence that he drove, and was the sole occupant of, a car with slightly over a kilo of the drug, wrapped in brick form, hidden under the front seat. State Trooper O'Neil had stopped the car for a traffic violation and noticed the distinctive package protruding from beneath the seat. The trooper read the defendant the Miranda warnings from a card he carried; then,...

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