COMMONWEALTH v. BEAUSOLEIL


397 Mass. 206 (1986)

490 N.E.2d 788

COMMONWEALTH vs. MICHAEL BEAUSOLEIL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Franklin.

April 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertha D. Josephson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Susan M. Tombs for the defendant.

Leah W. Sprague, Special Assistant Attorney General, & Cathleen J. May, for Department of Public Welfare, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

In this case we consider whether G.L.c. 273, § 12A (1984 ed.), providing for admission of the results of a blood grouping test in a paternity proceeding to exclude the possibility of paternity of the alleged father, prohibits the introduction of inculpatory human leukocyte antigen (HLA) test results. Further, we consider whether HLA test results may be admissible to establish paternity, if not barred by G.L.c. 273, § 12A (1984 ed.).

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