Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rivera
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 23, 2010No. 08-P-1180PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.
Convicted by a District Court jury of carrying a firearm without a license, G. L. c. 269, § 10(a), and carrying a loaded firearm, G. L. c. 269, § lO(n),1 the defendant appeals, claiming that the admission of a ballistics certificate violated his rights under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, citing Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), and Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 129 S. Ct. 2527 (2009). He also contends that his motion to suppress the gun was improperly denied and that his motion for a new trial alleging several claims of ineffective assistance of trial…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Fahy v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. AlphasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. PerezMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2011