Massachusetts Appeals Court· 12/13/1994
Commonwealth v. Benitez
Citations
- 37 Mass. App. Ct. 722
- 643 N.E.2d 468
- 1994 Mass. App. LEXIS 1140
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- defendant’s possession of similarly packaged drugs insufficient to support intent to distribute charge where no other evidence linked defendant to “stash” and case not submitted on joint venture theory
- probable cause where officers observed individual hand an object to defendant, defendant leave automobile holding a plastic bag in his fist, defendant enter his own automobile and place bag down front of his pants
- concealment of plastic bag in groin area deemed “furtive” behavior
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Judges: Brown
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9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. AlvaradoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-14· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. ClermyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-11-10· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. Ilya I., a juvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-02-13· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. MillsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-08-03· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-04-22· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. DePeizaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-06-02· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. GriffinMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-08-28· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. KennedyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-05-21· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. MoquinMassachusetts Superior Court· 2004-03-16
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-08-13· cited 274×
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-02-12· cited 232×
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-09· cited 161×
- Commonwealth v. BarrettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-11-10· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. WelcomeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1964-10-29· cited 91×
- Commonwealth v. CliffordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-01-27· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. RomanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-03-23· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. PodgurskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-02· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-12-09· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-02-23· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. YelleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-03-12· cited 30×
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