| Docket # | SJC-09831 |
| Date | November 6, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Summary | Homicide. Constitutional law, Confrontation of witnesses. Witness, Cross-examination. Mental impairment. Self-defense. Practice, Criminal, Capital case, Confrontation of witnesses, Instructions to jury, Conduct of prosecutor. Evidence, Cross-examination, Expert opinion. |
| Appealed From | Plymouth County Superior Court, Brockton, Justice Linda E. Giles |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Mercado: Stephen Neyman |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Robert C. Thompson |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
