Proceedings continued in the state’s case against Annie Dookhan, the ex-chemist accused of falsifying state drug evidence while employed at the Hinton Drug Lab in Jamaica Plain, who made a very brief appearance in court Friday morning.
Nicolas Gordon, Dookhan’s lawyer, attempted to file a motion on her behalf to have 11 of the 13 obstruction charges against her in counties other than Suffolk dismissed. Suffolk Superior Court Justice Jeffrey Locke denied a motion to dismiss two of these obstruction charges Dookhan faces in Suffolk County May 7.
The obstruction charges refer to Dookhan’s court appearances as an expert state’s witness in which she testified that that she held a masters degree in chemistry, according to court documents. The 13 obstruction charges she faces are related to counts in counties other than Suffolk.
All of Dookhan’s charges and therefore court appearances have been consolidated to Suffolk Superior Court, based on a state motion with Locke allowed early in May.
Suffolk Superior Court Justice Janet L. Sanders rescheduled Friday’s hearing to June 27 because the court had yet to receive the paperwork from the other counties.
Dookhan faces 27 charges across six counties including perjury and obstruction of justice. She is accused to tampering with drug evidence, thus tainting thousands of drug-related cases in the state.