| Docket # | SJC-11237 |
| Date | March 4, 2013 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
Summary
(prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Criminal-- Various issues arising out of firearms convictions on a joint venture theory, including whether placing the burden on the defendant to show that his joint venturer lawfully possesssed a firearm violated due process. |
| Appealed From | Worcester Superior Court, Justice Peter W. Agnes, Jr. |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Humphries: Thomas D. Frothingham |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Stephen J. Carley |
