COMMONWEALTH v. ESCALERA

No. 08-P-517.

79 Mass. App. Ct. 262 (2011)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSE M. ESCALERA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

April 14, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Harrington for the defendant.

Christine M. Kiggen , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: BERRY, GRAINGER, & WOLOHOJIAN, JJ.


WOLOHOJIAN, J.

The defendant raises two primary issues in this appeal from his convictions of various drug and firearm offenses.1 First, he argues that admission of certificates of drug and ballistics analysis, absent live testimony, violated his right to confrontation pursuant to the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Second, the defendant contends that evidence seized from his residence should have been suppressed for...

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