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COMMONWEALTH v. BILLINGS

SJC-10847.

461 Mass. 362 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH v. RONALD L. BILLINGS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

January 19, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Doherty for the defendant.

Mary E. Lee , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

IRELAND, C.J.

In 2006, a jury convicted the defendant of unlawful distribution of cocaine and of a drug offense in a school zone, in violation of G. L. c. 94C, §§ 32A (c) and 32J. The Commonwealth introduced a certificate of drug analysis (certificate) without the testimony of the chemical analyst in violation of his right to confrontation pursuant to the United States Supreme Court's decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts,

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