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COMMONWEALTH v. MELENDEZ-DIAZ

SJC-10857.

460 Mass. 238 (2011)

COMMONWEALTH v. LUIS MELENDEZ-DIAZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

July 26, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary T. Rogers for the defendant.

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

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.

In Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 129 S.Ct. 2527, 2532 (2009) (Melendez-Diaz), the United States Supreme Court concluded that a certificate of chemical analysis, sworn to by a State laboratory analyst and reporting the weight and chemical makeup of a seized substance, came within the class of testimonial statements subject to the protections of the confrontation...

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