| Docket # | SJC-10926 |
| Date | May 7, 2012 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Controlled substances. Evidence, Certificate of drug analysis, Hearsay. Constitutional law, Confrontation of witnesses, Harmless error, Probable cause. Practice, Criminal, Confrontation of witnesses, Harmless error, Warrant, Affidavit, Hearsay. Error, Harmless. Search and seizure, Warrant, Affidavit, Probable cause. Probable cause. |
| Appealed From | Somerville District Court, Middlesex County, Justice James L. LaMothe, Jr. |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Mendes: Valerie A. DePalma, Pamela Symmes Segre |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Kevin J. Curtin, James J. Mulcahy |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
