COMMONWEALTH v. HUMPHRIES

No. 08-P-1963.

76 Mass. App. Ct. 702 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. JEROLD HUMPHRIES.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 13, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Christopher Cashiola for the defendant.

Elizabeth Clerkin (Kathleen Celio, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: CYPHER, SIKORA, & FECTEAU, JJ.


CYPHER, J.

The defendant, Jerold Humphries, seeks to overturn two drug offense convictions,1 claiming that his motion for a required finding of not guilty after the Commonwealth's case in chief should have been allowed. We conclude that the evidence of constructive possession was insufficient to support his conviction and we reverse.2

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