Massachusetts Appeals Court· 6/11/2012
Commonwealth v. Acosta
Citations
- 81 Mass. App. Ct. 836
- 969 N.E.2d 720
- 2012 WL 2052980
- 2012 Mass. App. LEXIS 201
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- inference of intent to distribute not warranted where defendant possessed 3.16 grams of cocaine in “five twist bags”
- possession of 3.16 grams of cocaine in five individual bags insufficient to indicate intent to distribute
- possession of 3.16 grams of cocaine in five individual bags insufficient to indicate intent to distribute
- 3.16 grams of cocaine not sufficient quantity to alone raise inference of intent to distribute
- “Nor was there anything distinctive or unique about the five twist bags [of cocaine] to indicate they were intended for transfer or sale as opposed to personal use”
- amount of drugs “alone may raise an inference of intent to distribute”
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Judges: Graham
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. SepheusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-05-19· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. Humberto H.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-11-26· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. Ilya I., a juvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-02-13· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. SaulnierMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-12-06· cited 16×
- SouzaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-03-18· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. DotyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-09-03· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. LezynskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-08-02· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. SepheusMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-11-21· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. RenziMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-10-16
- Commonwealth v. CastilloMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-03-02
- Commonwealth v. WoodMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-05-03
- Commonwealth v. QadirMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-05-21
- Commonwealth v. HidalgoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-08-06
Cites
27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-24· cited 348×
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-04-15· cited 184×
- Commonwealth v. SalemmeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-08-08· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. BongarzoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-10-13· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-06-14· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. RhoadesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-02-19· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. MandileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-07-21· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. RomanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-03-23· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. EllisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-01-07· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. ClermyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-11-10· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. TannerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-10-08· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. SendeleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-11-14· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. MerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-04-16· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. CyrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-05-27· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. GollmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-02-20· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. GillMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1974-11-15· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. MontalvoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-02-25· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. LatneyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-03-16· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. MacDonaldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-03-18· cited 24×
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