| Docket # | SJC-07824 |
| Date | May 7, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Summary | Self-defense. Evidence, Self-defense, Prior violent conduct, Reputation, Relevancy and materiality, Exculpatory, Hearsay, Testimony before grand jury, Previous testimony of unavailable witness, Joint enterprise, Consciousness of guilt. Practice, Criminal, New trial, Loss of evidence by prosecution, Disclosure of evidence, Grand jury proceedings, Instructions to jury, Venue, Voir dire, Assistance of counsel, Capital case. Due process of law, Disclosure of evidence. Grand jury. Witness, Unavailability. Constitutional law, Fair trial, Assistance of counsel. Homicide. Jury and jurors. Joint enterprise. |
| Appealed From | Suffolk Superior Court, Justice James D. McDaniel, Jr. |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Clemente: Rosemary Curran Scapicchio, Adam Foss, Robert L. Sheketoff |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: David D. McGowan |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
