COMMONWEALTH v. RODRIGUEZ


450 Mass. 302 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOEL RODRIGUEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

December 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth L. Eisenberg, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Thomas H. Townsend, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

David M. Siegel, for Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, & BOTSFORD, JJ.


COWIN, J.

A jury convicted the defendant, Joel Rodriguez,1 of trafficking in cocaine in excess of 200 grams in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32E (b) (4).2 The Appeals Court affirmed the defendant's conviction, Commonwealth v. Rodriguez, 67 Mass.App.Ct. 636 (2006), and we granted further appellate...

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