| Docket # | SJC-10617 |
| Date | May 3, 2010 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Controlled substances. Constitutional law, Search and seizure, Confrontation of witnesses, Harmless error. Search and seizure, Automobile, Curtilage. Evidence, Scientific test, Field drug test, Certificate of drug analysis. Error, Harmless. Practice, Criminal, Confrontation of witnesses, Harmless error. |
| Appealed From | Middlesex County Superior Court, Justice Mitchell J. Sikora, Jr. |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Fernandez: Brownlow M. Speer |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Commonwealth: Robert J. Bender |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |