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COMMONWEALTH v. BORIA

SJC-10833.

460 Mass. 249 (2011)

COMMONWEALTH v. YAINIRA BORIA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

July 26, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail S. Strassfeld for the defendant.

Robert C. Thompson , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Daniel F. Conley , District Attorney, & Paul B. Linn , Assistant District Attorney, for District Attorney for the Suffolk District, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Brownlow M. Speer & Donald S. Bronstein , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, & DUFFLY, JJ.

CORDY, J.

Yainira Boria was convicted of distributing cocaine, second offense, in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32A (d), 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...

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