Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 11/5/1992

Commonwealth v. Johnson

Citations

602 N.E.2d 555
413 Mass. 598
1992 Mass. LEXIS 542

How courts have described this case

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“to purchase the substance, even with friends’ money, intending to transfer it to them, constitutes distribution within the meaning of [G. L. c. 94C]”
probable cause for operating to endanger where speeding vehicle attempted to evade police and almost hit unmarked vehicle
“Where two or more persons simultaneously and jointly acquire possession of a drug for their own use intending only to share it together, their only crime is simple joint possession”
narcotics officer permitted to testify that manner in which cocaine was packaged was consistent with intent to distribute
“[i]f the stop was justified, the officers could take reasonable precautions for their own protection”
police had pulled the defendant from his vehicle and placed him “effectively under arrest” before searching him

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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Abrams, Lynch, Greaney

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