WOLOHOJIAN, J.
We consider whether admission of a ballistician's certificate in violation of the confrontation clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt and conclude that it was not.
The defendant, who was found near his truck that had a loaded gun in its unlocked glove compartment, was convicted, after a bench trial, of unlawful possession of a firearm (G. L. c. 269, § 10[h]), carrying...
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