| Docket # | SJC-09972 |
| Date | December 10, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Cowin, Cordy, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Homicide. Practice, Criminal, Capital case, Required finding, Instructions to jury, Assistance of counsel. Malice. Intent. Evidence, Spontaneous utterance, Testimonial statement, Relevancy and materiality, Intent, Videotape, Scientific test, Statistics. Search and seizure, Inevitable discovery. Deoxyribonucleic acid. |
| Appealed From | Middlesex Superior Court, Justice Peter M. Lauriat |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Linton: James M. Doyle |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Commonwealth: Loretta M. Lillios |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |