| Docket # | SJC-09210 |
| 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. Constitutional law, Assistance of counsel, Confrontation of witnesses. Due process of law, Assistance of counsel, Defendant wearing prison clothing at trial. Practice, Criminal, Capital case, Assistance of counsel, New trial, Jury and jurors, Voir dire, View, Confrontation of witnesses, Instructions to jury. Jury and jurors. Evidence, Competency, Sanity, Insanity, Opinion, Prior misconduct. Witness, Child, Competency. Mental impairment. |
| Appealed From | Bristol Superior Court, Justice Patrick F. Brady |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Thomas: Alan Jay Black |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: William R. Connolly |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
