Commonwealth v. Sergio

In 2010, a Superior Court jury convicted the defendant of trafficking in cocaine in an amount of fourteen grams or more but less than twenty-eight grams. We affirmed that conviction in the defendant's direct appeal. Commonwealth v. Lobo, 82 Mass. App. Ct. 803 (2012). After the revelations about improprieties at the William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute (Hinton laboratory) came to light, the defendant filed a motion for new trial.2 Before us now is the defendant's appeal from the denial of that motion. We affirm.

Background.3 The substance found on the defendant's person was weighed and…