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Appeals court hears challenge to Narcan-based evidence and RMV notices in Randy White convictions
Summary
At oral argument June 11, 2025, the Massachusetts Appeals Court heard challenges to the admission of lieutenant testimony about a Narcan response and to Registry of Motor Vehicles mailing certifications used to prove a suspended license in the case of Commonwealth v. Randy White.
Boston — The Massachusetts Appeals Court on June 11, 2025 considered whether testimony by Lynn Fire Department Lieutenant Matthew Reddy that Randy White responded to Narcan was improperly admitted and whether Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) mailing and certification records properly proved a prior license suspension.
The three-judge panel — Judge Massing, Justice Justin Henry and Justice Hodgins — heard argument from appellant counsel Susan Ennis and from Emily Mello for the commonwealth in Commonwealth v. Randy White, No. 21-P-801. White was convicted after a jury-waived trial of operating under the influence of drugs and operating on a suspended license.
Ennis told the court that the Commonwealth failed to give adequate notice that it would present lieutenant Reddy as an expert and that Reddy went beyond his qualifications when he testified that White was "under the influence of an opiate," excluded other medical causes, and speculated…
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