| Docket # | SJC-08383 |
| Date | May 10, 2007: Hearing
March 6, 2009: Rehearing |
| Video | View 2007 oral argument with Windows Media Player
View 2009 rehearing |
| Summary | 2007 Opinion: Practice, Criminal, New trial, Argument by prosecutor. Evidence, Motive, Hearsay, Argument by prosecutor.
2009 Opinion: Homicide. Constitutional law, Confrontation of witnesses, Assistance of counsel. Evidence, Statement of codefendant, Failure to produce evidence, Exculpatory. Practice, Criminal, Capital case, Confrontation of witnesses, Argument by prosecutor, Assistance of counsel, Instructions to jury, Request for jury instructions, Discovery. |
| Appealed From | Plymouth Superior Court, Justice Mitchell J. Sikora, Jr. |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Santos: Donald A. Harwood
Caillot: John J. Barter |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Gail M. McKenna |
| Amici Curiae | Committee for Public Counsel Services |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the 2007 slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat)
Click to link to the 2009 rehearing opinion |
