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Drug crimes in Massachusetts can raise 6th Amendment Confrontation Clause issues just as in other types of criminal offense. A recent decision from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals<\/a> demonstrates the issues that arise for Massachusetts criminal defense lawyers <\/a>in interpreting their client’s Sixth Amendment right of confrontation. <\/p>\n

The case of United States v. Polidore<\/u>,<\/a> from the 5th Circuit involved a series of drug deals on the same street location, a nearby individual made two separate anonymous calls to 911 reporting the apparent drug activity and a description of a PT cruiser which appeared to be involved in the exchanges. Police were soon dispatched to the scene, where they found an unoccupied PT cruiser that fit the description given in the calls. Upon closer inspection, police noticed three unmistakable rocks of crack cocaine that had been placed in the driver’s side compartment. Police then watched the car until the owner returned. This instigated a short chase, which resulted in the eventual arrest of the cruiser owner. <\/p>\n

During the trial, portions of the initial 911 calls were used to exemplify the caller’s responses when answering the operator’s questions for further details on the apparent drug activity. As it were the calls that lead to the defendant’s arrest, the defendant asked for this evidence to be inadmissible. The defendant claimed that his Confrontation Clause rights were being violated, as the anonymous caller was not present to testify at trial as a witness. However, the court found that the 911 calls were in fact, non-testimonial in nature and therefore did not violate the Confrontation Clause rights under Crawford v. Washington. The 911 operators did not possess any ulterior motives in their interrogation, they were simply performing their expected duties in answering an emergency call. The court claimed that:<\/p>\n

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Drug crimes in Massachusetts can raise 6th Amendment Confrontation Clause issues just as in other types of criminal offense. A recent decision from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals demonstrates the issues that arise for Massachusetts criminal defense lawyers in interpreting their client’s Sixth Amendment right of confrontation. The case of United States v. 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