| Docket # | SJC-10120 |
| Date | April 9, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, JJ.
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| Summary | Jury and jurors. Practice, Criminal, Jury and jurors, Examination of jurors, Challenge to jurors, Empanelment of jury, Instructions to jury, Argument by prosecutor. Constitutional law, Jury. Self-defense. Evidence, Self-defense, Prior violent conduct. |
| Appealed From | Middlesex Berkshire Superior Court, Justice Daniel A. Ford. |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Benoit: Jane Larmon White |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Paul J. Caccaviello, Karen L. Carlo |
| Amici Curiae | Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc. |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
