| Docket # | SJC-10010 |
| Date | March 7, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, JJ.
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| Summary | Supreme Judicial Court, Superintendence of inferior courts. Practice, Criminal, Disclosure of identity of informer. Evidence, Relevancy and materiality. Constitutional law, Self-incrimination. Witness, Self-incrimination. |
| Appealed From | SJC for Suffolk County, Justice Francis X. Spina |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Commonwealth: Tara Blackman |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Dias: Kenneth I. Seiger Whitehead: John M. Goggins |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |