| Docket # | SJC-07678 |
| Date | December 9, 2011 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Summary
| Homicide. Constitutional law, Assistance of counsel. Practice, Criminal, Capital case, New trial, Assistance of counsel, Conduct of prosecutor, Voluntariness of statement, Instructions to jury, Argument by prosecutor, Cross-examination by prosecutor, Discovery. Evidence, Exculpatory, Impeachment of credibility, Disclosure of evidence, Voluntariness of statement, Cross-examination. Witness, Impeachment, Credibility. Due process of law, Disclosure of evidence. |
| Appealed From | Hampden Superior Court, Justice Francis X. Spina |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Burgos: John M. Thompson, Linda J. Thompson |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Dianne M. Dillon |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
