| Docket # | SJC-09231 |
| Date | October 10, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, JJ.
|
| Summary | Practice, Criminal, Dismissal, Argument by prosecutor, Instructions to jury, Assistance of counsel, Capital case. Threshold police inquiry. Search and seizure, Threshold police inquiry. Constitutional law, Search and seizure, Identification, Assistance of counsel. Arrest. Identification. Due process of law, Identification. Joint enterprise. Homicide. Felony-murder rule. Robbery. Malice. Evidence, Expert opinion. Witness, Expert. |
| Appealed From | Suffolk Superior Court, Justice Peter M. Lauriat |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Phillips: Richard J. Shea
Rise: R. Bradford Bailey, Charles Dolan |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Kristin Lombard O'Donnell |
|
| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
