| Docket # | SJC-09478 |
| Date | September 7, 2005 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Sosman, Cordy, JJ.
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| Summary | Evidence, Fingerprints, Scientific test, Expert opinion. |
| Appealed From | Suffolk Superior Court, Justice Margaret R. Hinkle |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Patterson: John H. Cunha, Jr., Helen Holcomb, Charles Allan Hope |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Donna Jalbert Patalano |
| Amici Curiae | Norfolk County District Attorney, Mark Acree, Robert Bradley, Simon A. Cole, David L. Faigman, Stephen E. Fienberg, Paul C. Giannelli, Lyn Haber, Ralph Norman Haber, Donald Kennedy, Jennifer Mnookin, Jane C. Moreno, Jane C. Moriarty, D. Michael Risinger, John R. Vokey, Sandy L. Zabell, New England Innocence Project |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
