| Docket # | SJC-10035 |
| Date | December 5, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, JJ.
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| Summary | Practice, Criminal, Motion to suppress, Required finding, Instructions to jury, Capital case. Search and seizure, Threshold police inquiry, Emergency, Reasonable suspicion. Constitutional law, Search and seizure. Homicide. Evidence, Motive. Malice. |
| Appealed From | Berkshire Superior Court, Justice Judd J. Carhart |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Townsend: Steward T. Graham, Jr. |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Commonwealth: David F. Capeless |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |