COMMONWEALTH v. VERDE


444 Mass. 279 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH v. ALBERTO VERDE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

May 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Lindmark for the defendant.

Michelle R. King, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

John P. Zanini, Donald LaRoche, Robert C. Thompson, & Mary Lee, Assistant District Attorneys, for the District Attorney for the Suffolk District & others.

Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, & Susanne G. Reardon, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General & another.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


IRELAND, J.

This appeal raises the question whether, in light of Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004) (Crawford), the confrontation clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires that laboratory technicians who analyze drugs seized as part of a criminal investigation authenticate their laboratory findings by appearing at a defendant's trial...

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