Massachusetts Appeals Court January 19, 2001, No. 99-P-827 (Commonwealth v. Best)

Porada, J.

The defendant was convicted, in a District Court jury trial, of distribution of heroin. Among his several claims of error on appeal, he argues that the judge erred in allowing a police officer to testify to a codefendant’s prior arrest for a drug offense and in allowing a police officer to testify to the defendant’s daily presence in an area where the police officers conduct sweeps for