Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Vasquez
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 26, 2010No. SJC-10577PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
The defendant was tried and convicted of possession and distribution of cocaine after our decision in Commonwealth v. Verde, 444 Mass. 279 (2005) (Verde), and before the United States Supreme Court issued Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 129 S. Ct. 2527 (2009) (Melendez-Diaz); defense counsel did not object at trial to the admission of State police crime laboratory certificates of drug analysis (drug certificates). We consider whether in these circumstances the admission in evidence of the drug certificates in violation of the defendant’s rights under the confrontation clause of the Sixth…
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