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COMMONWEALTH v. PETERSON

SJC-12097.

476 Mass. 163 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH v. MARCUS G. PETERSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 3, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew T. Sears, Assistant District Attorney (Amanda Read Cascione, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

J. Scott Lauer, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Present: GANTS, C.J., BOTSFORD, LENK, HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.

General Laws c. 94C, § 32J, the so-called school zone statute, punishes individuals who commit certain enumerated drug offenses within 300 feet of a school or one hundred feet of a public park or playground. In 1992, we determined that the school zone statute does not violate a defendant's due process rights, but cautioned that...

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