Commonwealth v. White

In his pursuit of relief from a conviction of trafficking in over 200 grams of cocaine in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32E(6)(4), the defendant has been here before. Commonwealth v. White, 37 Mass. App. Ct. 757 (1994). On that occasion, we reversed his conviction and remanded the case for a *431new trial. After the release of that decision, on January 13, 1995, the defendant’s counsel notified the prosecutor of his intent to conduct an independent analysis of the controlled substances involved and demanded that the evidence be preserved for that purpose. Despite that request the evidence was…