Massachusetts Appeals Court· 12/19/1991

Commonwealth v. Caterino

Citations

583 N.E.2d 259
31 Mass. App. Ct. 685
1991 Mass. App. LEXIS 864

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evidence that defendant had $735 in his possession, was present, and had knowledge of drugs stored in apartment insufficient to establish constructive possession
evidence that person “spent a great deal of time at” or “exercised control over the apartment or its contents” could be sufficient to prove constructive possession
by-law provision conditioning grant of permit on maintaining visual character of neighborhood created protected interest in plaintiff
evidence insufficient where defendant in possession of pager arrested along with two others fleeing from apartment where drugs found concealed; and no evidence that defendant “rented, occupied, spent a great deal of time at or exercised control over the apartment or its contents”
mere presence insufficient to obtain conviction under constructive possession theory

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Judges: Warner, Fine, Greenberg

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