Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 9/17/2009

Commonwealth v. Connolly

Citations

454 Mass. 808
913 N.E.2d 356
2009 Mass. LEXIS 642

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stating that court uses five Mahdi factors to determine whether unpreserved Doyle error created substantial risk of miscarriage of justice
rejecting defendant's request to identify confidential informant when \[t]he informant was not a percipient witness to the charged crimes\ after undercover officer made controlled purchases
affirming nondisclosure of informant where informant introduced undercover officer to defendant, but informant was not percipient witness to charged crimes
field-testing officers had many years of experience in narcotics investigation and were available for cross-examination at trial; error harmless
establishing probable cause for GPS monitoring of a car where defendant used car extensively while conducting his drug business and GPS monitoring would likely produce evidence of drug transactions between the defendant, his business associates and his customers
admission of certificate of drug analysis harm less beyond reasonable doubt where there was expert testimony and field tests were conducted on cocaine

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Judges: Cowin, Gants

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