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COMMONWEALTH v. WADE

SJC-11913.

475 Mass. 54 (2016)

55 N.E.3d 409

COMMONWEALTH v. ROBERT D. WADE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

July 29, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet H. Pumphrey, for the defendant.

Mary Lee, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Ira L. Gant, Stephanie Roberts Hartung, & David Lewis, for Committee for Public Counsel Services Innocence Program & others.

Michael D. Ricciuti, Kathleen D. Parker, & Patrick C. McCooe for Boston Bar Association.

Martin W. Healy, for Massachusetts Bar Association.

Stanley L. Donald, pro se.

Matthew M. Burke, Dara A. Reppucci, Hillel Nadler, Shivan Sarin, & David Lewis for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Present: SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.

This case requires us to decide whether the petitioner, Robert Wade, who filed a motion in the Superior Court seeking postconviction testing of biological material pursuant to G. L. c. 278A ("An Act providing access to forensic and scientific analysis") (act), see St. 2012, c. 38, has satisfied the requirements of the act and therefore...

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