| Docket # | SJC-10356 |
| Date | March 5, 2010 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Homicide. Constitutional law, Confrontation of witnesses. Practice, Criminal, Capital case, Confrontation of witnesses, Admissions and confessions, Voluntariness of statement, Instructions to jury. Evidence, Expert opinion, Hearsay, Admissions and confessions, Voluntariness of statement, Scientific test. Witness, Expert. |
| Appealed From | Bristol Superior Court, Justice D. Lloyd Macdonald. |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Durand: Gary G. Pelletier |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Commonwealth: Shoshana Stern, 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) |