| Docket # | SJC-09814 |
| Date | April 10, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Practice, Criminal, Motion to suppress, Findings by judge, Voluntariness of confession, Instructions to jury, Capital case. Threshold police inquiry. Arrest. Constitutional law, Search and seizure, Reasonable suspicion, Admissions and confessions, Probable cause, Waiver of constitutional rights, Investigatory stop. Search and seizure, Motor vehicle, Threshold police inquiry, Reasonable suspicion, Probable cause. Waiver. Joint enterprise. |
| Appealed From | Suffolk Superior Court, Justice Margot Botsford. |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Lopes: Esther J. Horwich |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Macy Lee |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
