Commonwealth v. Sabetti

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• reversing order reducing verdict from trafficking in cocaine to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute where judge found that defendant did not know that he possessed over twenty-eight grams of cocaine, fact irrelevant to crime for which he was convicted
• liability for trafficking predicated on knowing and intentional assistance in distribution of requisite amount of narcotics; prosecution need not prove defendant’s actual knowledge of amount of narcotics possessed by other joint venturers
• evidence of constructive 9 possession sufficient where defendant attempted to flee, demonstrating consciousness of guilt
• defendant found to have possession of drugs where interior of car was “virtual wasteland” of plainly visible contraband and he had attempted to flee from police officer
• failure to prove that defendant knew weight of cocaine did not justify reduction of verdict of trafficking in cocaine to possession with intent to distribute, because defendant’s knowledge of weight irrelevant to offense
• order reducing verdict from trafficking in cocaine to possession with intent to distribute reversed

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