Commonwealth v. Grasso

Commonwealth v. Johnny Grasso

Commonwealth v. Grasso, 399 N.E.2d 47 (Mass. App. Ct. 1980)

Court: Massachusetts Appeals Court · State Appellate Courts
Decided: January 22, 1980
Citations: 399 N.E.2d 479 Mass. App. Ct. 8321980 Mass. App. LEXIS 985

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Opinion of the Court

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The defendant appeals from his conviction of unlawfully distributing a controlled substance. As the facts of this case are indistinguishable in principle from those of Commonwealth v. Ennis, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 499 (1973), it was error for the judge to deny the defendant the name of the informant who had accompanied the undercover police officer to the meeting with the drug seller and who was clearly in a position to make an in-court identification of the seller.

Judgment reversed.

Verdict set aside.

Hugh W. Samson for the defendant. Kevin Connelly, Assistant District Attorney (Michael J. Traft, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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Commonwealth v. Grasso411 N.E.2d 191 (Mass. App. Ct. 1980)
Commonwealth v. Taliceo430 N.E.2d 1220 (Mass. App. Ct. 1982)

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Commonwealth v. Taliceo430 N.E.2d 1220 (Mass. App. Ct. 1982)
Commonwealth v. Grasso411 N.E.2d 191 (Mass. App. Ct. 1980)

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Depth	Case	Cited by
	Commonwealth v. Ennis, 301 N.E.2d 589 (Mass. App. Ct. 1973)	40

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