Commonwealth v. Gonzalez (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-028-18)
Drug trafficking stop upheld despite insufficient record on informant's prior tip history; substitute chemist testimony permitted under Sixth Amendment confrontation clause.
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Commonwealth v. Gonzalez (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-140-16)
Murder conviction reversed where circumstantial evidence that defendant drove getaway vehicle required piling inference on inference, and evidence of lethal intent was absent.
Commonwealth v. Gonzalez (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-111-16)
Affirmed denial of motion to suppress where judge considered suppressed evidence from unrelated case to establish confidential informant's reliability track record.
Commonwealth v. Gonzalez (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-207-15)
First-degree murder conviction affirmed where eyewitness identifications, DNA evidence, and flight contradicted defendant's weak alibi and uncalled witnesses.
Commonwealth v. Gonzalez (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-109-14)
Conviction reversed where trial judge failed to conduct voir dire after jurors reported one juror fell asleep during evidence, despite receiving reliable information of the juror's inattentiveness.
Commonwealth v. Gonzalez (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-144-14)
Murder conviction vacated where jury instructions failed to permit consideration of defendant's intoxication regarding extreme atrocity or cruelty element.
Commonwealth v. Gonzalez (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-120-13)
Murder conviction affirmed where defendant stabbed victim; statements to police admissible despite lack of Miranda warnings; self-defense instruction properly denied.