| Docket # | SJC-10376 |
| Date | October 8, 2010 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, Spina, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Homicide. Firearms. Evidence, Firearm, Identification, Scientific test, Expert opinion, Relevancy and materiality, Admissions and confessions, Hearsay, Photograph, Authentication. Practice, Criminal, Assistance of counsel, Admissions and confessions, Voir dire, Deliberation of jury, Capital case. Constitutional law, Assistance of counsel, Admissions and confessions, Confrontation of witnesses. Jury and jurors. |
| Appealed From | Essex Superior Court, Justice Richard E. Welch, III |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Heang: James E. Methe |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Commonwealth: Catherine L. Semel |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |