Commonwealth v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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1. “draws upon testing conducted and results reached by other analysts[ ] who do not testify ... is permissible provided that the testifying analyst 'reviewed the nontestifying analyst's work, ... conducted an independent evaluation of the data,' and 'then expressed [his or] her own opinion, and did not merely act as a conduit for the opinions of others.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 6 - Commonwealth v. Gonzalez

2. “the protection provided by art. 12 is coextensive with the guarantees of the Sixth Amendment”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Crichlow

3. “the public trial right attaches to a rape shield hearing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1109 - Commonwealth v. Pease