| Docket # | SJC-08046 |
| Date | March 11, 2011 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, Duffly, Lenk, JJ.
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Summary
(prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Constitutional law, Public trial, Jury, Admissions and confessions, Assistance of counsel. Jury and jurors. Practice, Criminal, Public trial, Jury and jurors, Argument by prosecutor, Assistance of counsel, New trial, Capital case. Evidence, Identification, Third-party culprit, Relevancy and materiality, Admissions and confessions, Expert opinion, Disclosure of evidence. Deoxyribonucleic acid. Due process of law, Fair trial. Words, "faint results". |
| Appealed From | Norfolk Superior Court, Justice Robert Malcolm Graham |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Buckman: John M. Thompson |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Varsha Kukafka |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
