COMMONWEALTH v. ORTIZ

No. 98-P-2191.

50 Mass. App. Ct. 304 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. MIGUEL ORTIZ.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Worcester.

October 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel W. Rice for the defendant.

Ellyn H. Lazar-Moore, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: BROWN, PERRETTA, & GREENBERG, JJ.


PERRETTA, J.

After a jury trial, the defendant, Miguel Ortiz, was convicted of distribution of heroin, and of doing so within 1,000 feet of a school zone.1 The defendant appeals, alleging numerous errors by the trial judge, the prosecutor, and his trial counsel. We take them up seriatim and affirm the judgments.

1. On the morning of trial, December 10, 1997, defense counsel informed the judge that the defendant had requested that...

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