Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/7/1970
Commonwealth v. Ellis
Citations
- 254 N.E.2d 408
- 356 Mass. 574
- 1970 Mass. LEXIS 891
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- fifty-six glossine bags of heroin, empty sheets of glossine bags, equipment for processing heroin, and other facts and circumstances warranted findings of intent to sell
- inference of intent to sell a harmful drug warranted by quantity possessed
- intent can be inferred “from all the facts and circumstances developed at the trial”
- an intent to distribute can be inferred from possession
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Judges: Wilkins, Spalding, Kirk, Spiegel, Quirico
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55 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Gram v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-12-09· cited 249×
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-20· cited 196×
- State v. HouseSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1976-01-26· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. BongarzoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-10-13· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. Henry's Drywall Co., Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-12-24· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-29· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. ScalaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-04-30· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. MurrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-05-19· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. RomanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-03-23· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-11· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. McGuirkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-08· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. LaPerleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-03-04· cited 64×
- State v. BoydSupreme Court of Iowa· 1974-12-18· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. SepheusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-05-19· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. DinnallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-08-13· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. AguiarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-06-14· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. NicholsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1976-10-28· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. RugaberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-02-26· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. KeefnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-02-13· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. GuerroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-06-19· cited 35×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1960-03-28· cited 4,796×
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court· 1965-03-01· cited 4,171×
- Commonwealth v. BonomiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1957-01-31· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. HolidayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-04-29· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. CroftMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-11-28· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. KleciakMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-05-04· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. AlbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-02-24· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. MoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-07-19· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. LillisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-06-24· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. CuddyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-11-22· cited 15×
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