| Docket # | SJC-09669 |
| Date | May 7, 2010 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
|
| Summary | Homicide. Assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. Constitutional law, Assistance of counsel, Admissions and confessions, Voluntariness of statement. Evidence, Admissions and confessions, Voluntariness of statement. Practice, Criminal, Capital case, Assistance of counsel, Admissions and confessions, Voluntariness of statement. |
| Appealed From | Essex Superior Court, Justice Howard J. Whitehead |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | McNulty: Sharon Fray-Witzer |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Commonwealth: Kenneth E. Steinfield |
|
| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |