COMMONWEALTH v. SALETINO


449 Mass. 657 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH v. PEDRO SALETINO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

August 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Rudof, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Nona E. Walker, Committee for Public Counsel Services, with him) for the defendant.

Jonathan M. Ofilos, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Matthew A Kamholtz, for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, & Cordy, JJ.


IRELAND, J.

The defendant was convicted after a jury trial of trafficking in 200 grams or more of cocaine, G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (b) (4); trafficking in twenty-eight grams or more of cocaine, G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (b) (2); and conspiracy to violate the Controlled Substances Act, G. L. c. 94C, § 40. The defendant appealed, and we transferred this case from the Appeals Court on our own motion. The defendant now argues that the trial judge erred...

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