Commonwealth v. DePina

A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant, Deniz DePina, of trafficking in cocaine in a school zone. The defendant appeals upon claims that (1) a search warrant did not authorize seizure of his cellular telephone, (2) a police officer unlawfully searched the cellular telephone by answering a call, (3) the trial judge erroneously admitted in evidence the substance of the officer’s conversation with the caller, (4) the admission of certificates of drug analysis without the analyst’s testimony violated his right to confrontation under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution,…