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COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS

No. SJC-12560.

481 Mass. 799 (2019)

COMMONWEALTH v. STANLEY WILLIAMS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

April 9, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt Schnipper for the defendant.

David L. Sheppard-Brick Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Lisa M. Kavanaugh , Committee for Public Counsel Services, Stephanie Roberts Hartung , Isaac N. Saidel-Goley , Sarah L. Rosenbluth , Sara J. van Vliet , & Sharon L. Beckman , for New England Innocence Project & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.

Enacted in 2012, see St. 2012, c. 38, G. L. c. 278A (chapter 278A) allows those who have been convicted but assert factual innocence to have access to forensic and scientific testing of evidence and biological material that has the potential to prove their innocence. G. L. c. 278A, § 2. Here, we address whether the

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