Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Elana Gordon

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided September 17, 2025No. SJC-13735Published

1Opinion of the Court

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

COMMONWEALTH vs. ELANA GORDON

Docket:

SJC-13735

Dates:

April 11, 2025 - September 17, 2025

Present:

Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, Georges, Dewar, & Wolohojian, JJ.

County:

Plymouth

Keywords:

Controlled Substances. Constitutional Law, Confrontation of witnesses, Harmless error, Retroactivity of judicial holding. Practice, Criminal, Confrontation of witnesses, Witness, Hearsay, Harmless error, Retroactivity of judicial holding. Evidence, Expert opinion, Hearsay, Scientific test. Witness, Expert. Error, Harmless.

Indictment found and returned in the Superior Court Department…

2Cases cited55 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006

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