Commonwealth v. McCollum

The defendant, Alan McCollum, appeals his convictions of drug and firearm offenses, arguing (1) insufficient evidence; (2) that Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 129 S. Ct. 2527 (2009), requires reversal of all of his convictions; (3) that his motion to suppress was improperly denied; (4) a Miranda violation and other Fourth Amendment violations were not presented to the motion judge; (5) a variety of other constitutional claims, including admission of his post-Miranda silence as evidence, violation of his right not to testify, violation of his right to present a defense, and that the Second…