context: Williamson and Assad both saw the defendant hand something to Kimball, and Williamson saw Kimball give the defendant money. Seconds later, Kimball dropped two pieces of crack cocaine.
citation_a.signal: contra
citation_a.identifier: 39 Mass. App. Ct. 931, 931-932
citation_a.parenthetical: similar testimony constituted reversible error because evidence of a drug transaction was "decidedly weaker than in Woods, [supra]"
citation_a.sentence: Contrast Commonwealth v. Lovejoy, 39 Mass. App. Ct. at 931-932 (similar testimony constituted reversible error because evidence of a drug transaction was “decidedly weaker than in Woods, [supra]").
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 425 Mass. 633, 645
citation_b.parenthetical: in each case, improper opinion testimony that the defendant had engaged in a drug transaction was rendered harmless by strong evidence that a drug transaction had occurred
citation_b.sentence: See Commonwealth v. Woods, 419 Mass. at 375-376; Commonwealth v. Barbosa, 421 Mass. 547, 554-555 (1995); Commonwealth v. Rivera, 425 Mass. 633, 645 (1997) (in each case, improper opinion testimony that the defendant had engaged in a drug transaction was rendered harmless by strong evidence that a drug transaction had occurred).