Commonwealth v. Walorz

After a jury-waived trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of trafficking in over twenty-eight grams of oxycodone. G. L. c. 94C, § 32E(c)(2). The defendant’s direct appeal was consolidated with his appeal from the denial of his motion for new trial. The defendant argues that, notwithstanding his stipulation to the composition of the drugs, the admission of the certificate of drug analysis (drug certificate) was constitutional error, that the evidence was insufficient to convict him, that the motion judge erred in denying his motion to suppress, and that his trial counsel was…