{"id":2758,"date":"2021-09-25T05:03:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T09:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2021-09-20T09:03:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:03:43","slug":"massachusetts-appellate-court-decides-cocaine-possession-case-based-on-size-of-plastic-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-appellate-court-decides-cocaine-possession-case-based-on-size-of-plastic-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Appellate Court Decides Cocaine Possession Case Based on Size of Plastic Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The unfortunate reality is that oftentimes in criminal and civil trials, alike expert witnesses rely on pseudo-science and pseudo-psychology in their testimony. The Massachusetts Appellate Court recently decided the case of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/128archive.com\/Disposition\/ViewDispositionDocInHtml?dispositionId=16936&amp;ispublicview=True\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Commonwealth v. Delossantos<\/span><\/em><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, which dealt with an expert witness\u2019s unreliable testimony about the behavior of drug users,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What happened in the\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Delossantos<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0case?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Edward Delossantos was on a side corner near Northeastern University when a police officer saw him. The officer observed that Delossantos appeared to be in pain. When the officer approached Delossantos, Delossantos told the officer \u201cthey shot my nuts off.\u201d Delossantos groin area was severely wounded, and Delossantos was transported to the Boston Medical Center for treatment. While in the emergency room, a bag of white rocks fell from Delossantos\u2019s groin area. In the bag was thirteen other smaller bags. The white rockers were later analyzed and came back as cocaine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-appellate-court-decides-cocaine-possession-case-based-on-size-of-plastic-bag\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Massachusetts Appellate Court Decides Cocaine Possession Case Based on Size of Plastic Bag\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unfortunate reality is that oftentimes in criminal and civil trials, alike expert witnesses rely on pseudo-science and pseudo-psychology in their testimony. The Massachusetts Appellate Court recently decided the case of Commonwealth v. Delossantos, which dealt with an expert witness\u2019s unreliable testimony about the behavior of drug users,\u00a0 What happened in the\u00a0Delossantos\u00a0case? 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