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COMMONWEALTH v. VASQUEZ

SJC-10577

456 Mass. 350 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. JORGE VASQUEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

March 26, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon R. Maddox for the defendant.

Katherine E. McMahon, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Debra S. Krupp, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Todd C. Pomerleau, Danielle M. Wood, & Sarah M. Unger, for Pomerleau Wood LLP, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.

MARSHALL, C.J.

The defendant was tried and convicted of possession and distribution of cocaine after our decision in Commonwealth v. Verde, 444 Mass. 279 (2005) (Verde), and before the United States Supreme Court issued Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 129 S.Ct. 2527 (2009) (Melendez-Diaz); defense counsel did not object at trial to the admission of State...

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