| Docket # | SJC-10078 |
| Date | October 8, 2010 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, Spina, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Armed home invasion. Firearms. Grand jury. Practice, Criminal, Indictment, Instructions to jury, Assistance of counsel, New trial, Capital case. Constitutional law, Grand jury, Indictment, Assistance of counsel, Fair trial. Felony-murder rule. Evidence, Threat, Motive, Relevancy and materiality, Exculpatory. Homicide. |
| Appealed From | Berkshire Superior Court, Justice John A. Agostini |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Smith: Stewart T. Graham, Jr. |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Karen L. Carlo |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
