COMMONWEALTH v. RODRIGUEZ

SJC-11462

467 Mass. 1002 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH v. GEORDANO RODRIGUEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

March 5, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudia Leis Bolgen for the defendant.

Vincent J. DeMore , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Keith A. Findley , of Wisconsin; M. Christopher Fabricant & David Loftis , of New York; Howard Schiffman , Katherine L. Schuerman , & Michael Sanocki , of the District of Columbia; & David Duncan , for The Innocence Network.

Emma A. Andersson & Ezekiel R. Edwards , of New York; Emily A. Cardy & Eric Brandt , Committee for Public Counsel Services; & Matthew R. Segal & Elizabeth A. Lunt , for Committee for Public Counsel Services & others.


RESCRIPT.

In June, 2011, allegations of misconduct at the William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston surfaced regarding work performed by Annie Dookhan, a chemist who had been employed in the forensic drug laboratory (Hinton drug lab) since November, 2003. Based on investigations conducted by the Department of Public Health and the State police, Dookhan was indicted on multiple counts of evidence tampering and obstruction of...

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