| Docket # | SJC-09720 |
| Date | December 5, 2007 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, JJ.
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| Summary | Homicide. Self-defense. Practice, Criminal, Capital case, Instructions to jury, Presumptions and burden of proof, Argument by prosecutor, Assistance of counsel. Evidence, Admissions and confessions, Self-defense, Pattern of conduct, Prior violent conduct. Constitutional law. Assistance of counsel. |
| Appealed From | Suffolk Superior Court, Justice Robert A. Mulligan |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Williams: Charles K. Stephenson |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: Anne M. Thomas, Patrick Haggan |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
