COMMONWEALTH v. ORTIZ

No. SJC-11298.

466 Mass. 475 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH v. Luis ORTIZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

September 27, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Sheketoff for the defendant.

Pamela Alford , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


BOTSFORD, J.

The defendant appeals from his convictions of distribution of a class B controlled substance, G. L. c. 94C, § 32A (c), and committing a drug offense within a school zone, G. L. c. 94C, § 32J. The trial took place before a jury in 2011, more than two years after the United States Supreme Court decided Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 557 U.S. 305 (2009). Before trial, the defendant's trial...

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