Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rodriguez
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 3, 2017No. 16–P–1569PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMassing, J.
*774In yet another case affected by the wrongdoing of former State chemist Annie Dookhan, see generally Commonwealth v. Scott, 467 Mass. 336, 5 N.E.3d 530 (2014) ; Bridgeman v. District Attorney for the Suffolk Dist., 476 Mass. 298, 67 N.E.3d 673 (2017) ( Bridgeman ), we must reverse a defendant's conviction of trafficking in heroin. See G. L. c. 94C, § 32E(c ). In an effort to cure the taint from Dookhan's association with the case as primary chemist, a police officer testified that he performed a field test of the substance seized from the defendant, which proved that the substance was heroin.…
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