COMMONWEALTH v. ORTEGA

No. 01-P-802.

59 Mass. App. Ct. 217 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH v. RICARDO ORTEGA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

September 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry P. Wilson for the defendant.

Steven E. Gagne, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GRASSO, McHUGH, & MILLS, JJ.


GRASSO, J.

In this direct appeal from his conviction for trafficking in heroin, see G. L. c. 94C, § 32E(c)(1), the defendant contends that trial counsel was ineffective because he failed (1) to file a motion to suppress evidence seized during execution of a no-knock search warrant and (2) to call essential witnesses at trial. The defendant also maintains that the prosecutor's redirect examination and closing argument created reversible error and that the...

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