COMMONWEALTH v. DePINA

No. 08-P-1140.

75 Mass. App. Ct. 842 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH v. DENIZ DePINA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. O'Connell for the defendant.

Joseph M. Ditkoff, Assistant District Attorney (Yaw Gyebi, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: MILLS, GREEN, & SIKORA, JJ.


SIKORA, J.

A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant, Deniz DePina, of trafficking in cocaine in a school zone. The defendant appeals upon claims that (1) a search warrant did not authorize seizure of his cellular telephone, (2) a police officer unlawfully searched the cellular telephone by answering a call, (3) the trial judge erroneously admitted in evidence the substance of the officer's conversation with the caller, (4) the admission of certificates of drug...

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