Commonwealth v. Reeder

The defendant appeals from convictions of distribution of heroin (three counts) and distribution of heroin in a school zone (three counts) following a jury trial in the Superior Court. He raises three issues on appeal: that the judge erred in *751admitting evidence of an alias; that the judge erred in permitting an officer to testify that he had previously met the defendant at the house of correction; and that admitting a drug laboratory’s certificates of analysis violated his right, pursuant to the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to confront witnesses. We affirm.

Background. In…