COMMONWEALTH v. CLAUDIO

SJC-12786.

484 Mass. 203 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH, v. LUIS CLAUDIO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

February 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Power for the defendant.

John A. Wendel , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

David Rangaviz , Committee for Public Counsel Services, Anthony D. Mirenda , Caroline S. Donovan , Christopher E. Hart , Samuel C. Bauer , Emily J. Nash , & Rachel Davidson , for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


This is yet another in a series of decisions in which we contend with the consequences of the evidence tampering committed over the course of several years by Sonja Farak, a chemist at the State Laboratory Institute at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Amherst lab). Here, we address one of the ripple effects generated by the Amherst...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases