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COMMONWEALTH v. WATT

No. SJC-12689.

482 Mass. 1031 (2019)

COMMONWEALTH, v. JERMAINE WATT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

August 20, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca A. Jacobstein , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

David L. Sheppard-Brick , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

RESCRIPT OPINION

In 2010, Jermaine Watt pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution of cocaine. He was sentenced to concurrent State prison terms of from three to five years. In addition, he paid a drug analysis fee of $150, which was imposed pursuant to G. L. c. 280, § 6B. He filed a motion for a new trial, seeking to withdraw his guilty plea due to the misconduct of Sonja Farak, a chemist at the Department of Public Health's State Laboratory Institute in...

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