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COMMONWEALTH v. DAWSON

399 Mass. 465 (1987)

504 N.E.2d 1056

COMMONWEALTH vs. DWAYNE C. DAWSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

March 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Silverman for the defendant.

Ariane D. Vuono, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

A judge of the Superior Court reported two questions to the Appeals Court, and we transferred the case here on our own motion. The defendant, a West Springfield police officer, has been indicted on various charges involving the possession of controlled substances and for perjury.

The parties have agreed to the facts underlying the two reported questions. In 1985, Captain Thomas Burke of the West Springfield...

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