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I think my favorite case that I’ve ever

dealt with um

2009 uh there was a landmark Supreme

Court decision that came down in June of

2009 called melindes Diaz versus

Massachusetts I was in Fairfax County

General District Court that morning when

that decision came out and it stood for

the proposition that the government

could no longer

uh introduces evidence a lab sheet a

certificate of analysis without the

person who generated that certificate

being present in court to verify its

authenticity this was a problem for the

Commonwealth because back then they

didn’t have to do that and so we had

this case in hand that

morning and I just took my case to trial

even though I really didn’t have many

great defenses to it and when the

Commonwealth moved to admit the

certificate of analysis which again up

until that point had been just their

normal course of practice I objected on

the grounds of Melinda Diaz vs

Massachusetts and the judge looked at me

like I had three heads because they had

never heard of that case and same with

the Commonwealth Attorney um I explained

what had happened the judge took a

recess went back to Chambers read the

case came back out immediately granted

my objection and won the case

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