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Supreme Judicial Court Says Drug Evidence Cannot Be Used in Boston College Students? Criminal Case

By Altman & Altman

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The Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the marijuana, cocaine, and psilocybin mushrooms allegedly discovered in the dorm room of two Boston College students in 2007 cannot be used as evidence in the Massachusetts drug case against them. John Sherman and Daniel Carr face charges of cocaine trafficking, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and possession with intent to distribute psilocybin mushroom. The ruling by the state?s highest court is in agreement with a Superior Court judge?s ruling that prosecutors failed to meet their burden of proof that the two students had given their consent to campus police that their room could be searched. The SJC?s decision overturns the ruling by the Massachusetts Appeals Court, which found that police were within their rights when they conducted the search...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on November 18, 2010 (boomark / email).

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