Commonwealth v. Boria

Yainira Boria was convicted of distributing cocaine, second offense, in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32A id), on June 27, 2006, and sentenced to a five-year mandatory term of imprisonment (from five years to five years and one day). During trial and over the defendant’s objection, the Commonwealth introduced a certificate of drug analysis (drug certificate) confirming that the substance, which had been purchased from the defendant by an undercover police officer and submitted to the State laboratory for analysis, was cocaine. The defendant appealed from her conviction and her sentence, and…