| Docket # | SJC-10241 |
| Date | March 4, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Indecent assault and battery. Due process of law, Assistance of counsel. Constitutional law, Assistance of counsel, Voluntariness of statement. Evidence, Voluntariness of statement, Impeachment of credibility, Credibility of witness, Telephone bill. Practice, Criminal, Assistance of counsel, Voluntariness of statement. Witness, Impeachment, Credibility. |
| Appealed From | Fall River District Court, Bristol County, Justice Lance J. Garth |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Ly: Jennifer Marie Petersen |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Commonwealth: Rachel J. Eisenhaure |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |