| Docket # | SJC-10248 |
| Date | November 9, 2012 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Homicide. Practice, Criminal, Motion to suppress, New trial, Admissions and confessions, Voluntariness of confession, Interpreter, Waiver, Assistance of counsel, Witness, Capital case. Constitutional law, Voluntariness of statement, Assistance of counsel, Identification, Witness, Admissions and confessions, Identification. Due process of law. Waiver. Interpreter. Identification. Witness. |
| Appealed From | Plymouth Superior Court (Brockton), Justice Richard J. Chin |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Jules: Stephen Paul Maidman |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Commonwealth: Robert C. Thompson |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |