| Docket # | SJC-08626 |
| Date | December 7, 2006 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Sosman, JJ.
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| Summary | Homicide. Practice, Criminal, Capital case, Admissions and confessions, Voluntariness of statement, Assistance of counsel, Cross-examination by prosecutor, Argument by counsel, Argument by prosecutor, Instructions to jury. Evidence, Admissions and confessions, Voluntariness of statement, Consciousness of guilt. Constitutional law, Admissions and confessions, Assistance of counsel. Due process of law, Assistance of counsel. |
| Appealed From | Plymouth Superior Court (Brockton), Justice Richard J. Chin |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Kirwan: Stephen Paul Maidman |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Carolyn A. Burbine |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
