Commonwealth v. Jeannis

The defendant appeals from his 2010 convictions of possession of a class B substance (cocaine) with intent to distribute2 and possession of a class B substance (oxycodone). He also appeals from the denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of his motion and amended motion for a new trial, which had asserted that newly-discovered evidence of misconduct at the William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute (Hinton lab) had tainted the reliability of the evidence introduced at trial that the substances seized from him were cocaine and oxycodone. The appeals were consolidated. We affirm.

On appeal the…