463 Mass. 353 - Appellee Commonwealth Brief - Mass Cases

of the Commonwealth's case and were admitted in
evidence along with the drugs. But the trial was
"about" whether the defendant was guilty of possession
with intent to distribute and the most important
evidence was the strong circumstantial evidence of
intent·to distribute. Inside Ronald Mendes's bedroom
was found: (1) a clear plastic bag, that Ronald Mendes
testified contained cocaine, on the bureau; (2) twelve
clear plastic bags containing marijuana in the pocket
of a shirt inside his.closet; (3) $943 in his closet;
(4) $158 on top of a television set; and (4) a cellular
phone. (Tr. 1: 103-104; 106-107, 112-116, 119-125, 127,
128-129, 138.) In the living room 1 two more bags of
marijuana were inside Ronald's jacket. (Tr. 1: 131 1
134; Tr. 2: 247-248.) Inside Raymond's bedroom were:
(1) a plastic bag containing cocaine and two tablets of
ecstasy on top of his dresser; (2) $240 in one dresser
drawer and $500 inside another drawer; (3) a bag of
marijuana 1
$420, and a 100-gram weight associated with
a triple beam scale located inside a black box under
the bed; and (4) a cell phone that rang throughout the
execution of the warrant. (Tr. 1: 125, 134, 138, 139,
140-148, 150-151, 186-187, 190-192, 198; Tr. 2: 36-38 1
42, 53-54.)
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