| Docket # | SJC-09949 |
| Date | May 8, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary |
Homicide. Practice, Criminal, Instructions to jury, Confrontation of witnesses, Assistance of counsel. Evidence, Self-defense. Self-defense. Constitutional law, Confrontation of witnesses, Assistance of counsel. |
| Appealed From | Middlesex County Superior Court, Justice Robert H. Bohn. |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Santos: Jeffrey L. Baler |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Commonwealth: Marguerite T. Grant |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |