COMMONWEALTH v. PORTILLO

SJC-10969.

462 Mass. 324 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH v. FELIX PORTILLO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macy Lee, Assistant District Attorney (Nicholas Brandt, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

S. Anders Smith for the defendant.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


GANTS, J.

The defendant is charged in separate complaints with distribution of marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32C (a), and these complaints have been joined for trial in the District Court. The defendant moved to suppress statements he made to the police on August 13, 2005, following his arrest on the drug charges, claiming they were obtained in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments...

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