Crime & Safety
JP Man Found Not Guilty of Cocaine Trafficking After Supreme Court Tossed Earlier Conviction
Luis Menedez-Diaz got a new trial because of a ruling that defendants have a constitutional right to cross-examine forensic experts.
Jurors found a Jamaica Plain man not guilty of cocaine trafficking today in a retrial made possible by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.
Luis Melendez-Diaz, 32, had his previous conviction overturned by a 2009 Supreme Court ruling that the Sixth Amendement gives defendants the right to cross-examine those who give forensic evidence, according to the Globe.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in overturning Melendez-Diaz' conviction.
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