| Docket # | SJC-09830 |
| Date | September 11, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Homicide. Constitutional law, Admissions and confessions, Assistance of counsel, Waiver of constitutional rights, Voluntariness of statement, Delay in commencement of prosecution, Self-incrimination, Standing to question constitutionality. Due process of law, Assistance of counsel, Delay in commencement of prosecution. Evidence, Admissions and confessions, Voluntariness of statement, Jury view, Demonstration. Practice, Criminal, Capital case, Admissions and confessions, Assistance of counsel, Waiver, Voluntariness of statement, Arraignment, Delay in commencement of prosecution, Jury and jurors, View, Presence of defendant, Standing, Argument by prosecutor, Instructions to jury. Extradition and rendition. View. Witness, Self-incrimination. |
| Appealed From | Plymouth County Superior Court, Justice Linda E. Giles. |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Morganti: Donald A. Harwood |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Mary E. Lee |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
