Copeland v. Commonwealth

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• recognizing that this Court has no obligation to accept parties’ concessions of law
• recognizing “the government’s concession of error is not binding on this court”
• granting a writ of actual innocence when post-conviction scientific analysis of the evidence established that a required element could not have been proved beyond a reasonable doubt
• granting a writ of actual innocence when post-conviction scientific analysis of the evidence established that a required element could not have been proved beyond a reasonable doubt
• considering a certificate of analysis containing “factual findings . . . [which] excluded the item tested from the statutory definition of ‘firearm’” to vacate the petitioner’s conviction for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon
• considering a certificate of analysis containing “factual findings . . . [which] excluded the item tested from the statutory definition of ‘firearm’” to vacate the petitioner’s conviction for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon

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