Massachusetts Appeals Court· 11/19/1991

Commonwealth v. Rivera

Citations

581 N.E.2d 498
31 Mass. App. Ct. 554
1991 Mass. App. LEXIS 778

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finding insufficient evidence to link the defendant to the smaller of two bedrooms in an apartment, notwithstanding the fact that she occupied the larger of the bedrooms
affirming conviction of lesser included offense of possession of cocaine, but vacating defendant’s trafficking conviction based on contraband found in bedroom to which defendant had no fink
nothing connecting defendant who occupied one bedroom of apartment to other bedroom in which drugs hidden and which was occupied by another person who admitted ownership of the drugs
defendant was not charged with dominion and control of a larger cache of drugs found in a room with which she was not otherwise connected
conviction overturned where defendant occupant of an apartment was not tied to bedroom occupied by another in which drugs were found
no evidence of defendant’s connection to large quantity of drugs in bedroom occupied by another resident

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Judges: Brown, Fine, Jacobs

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