COMMONWEALTH v. FRIAS

No. 97-P-2182.

47 Mass. App. Ct. 293 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSE RAFAEL BURGOS FRIAS.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Essex.

July 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne E. Gowen, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Robert J. Bender, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: BROWN, KAPLAN, & SPINA, JJ.


KAPLAN, J.

The defendant was indicted on December 20, 1989, for trafficking on August 12, 1989, in a weight of cocaine 200 grams or more. Trial occurred some six years later, on September 13, 1996. The jury found the defendant guilty on both an individual and joint venture basis.

Upon an affidavit of Detective Brian Burokas of the Lawrence police, a "no knock" search warrant issued out of Lawrence District Court authorizing the search of the first floor right...

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