Affirmed murder conviction based on sufficient circumstantial and forensic evidence, security video corroboration, and proper jury instructions on cooperating witnesses despite alleged jury tampering.
Motion for new trial on drug charge granted; firearm and ammunition convictions affirmed. Dookhan's prosecutorial misconduct as confirmatory chemist material to narcotics conviction.
Possession of child pornography from a single cache at one time constitutes a single unit of prosecution. Multiple convictions for such possession violate double jeopardy; trial errors warrant reversal.
Murder conviction affirmed where defendant participated in armed robbery that resulted in shooting victim who was then brutally attacked while bleeding heavily.
Appeals Court vacates denial of motion for new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel regarding immigration consequences, remands for evidentiary hearing where defendant demonstrated good-faith efforts to obtain plea counsel affidavit.
Murder conviction affirmed where defendant hired others to kill his wife; hearsay statements by coconspirators admissible under joint venture exception.
Defense counsel's pretrial interview with an alleged victim did not create an actual conflict of interest requiring his disqualification when judge's careful pretrial assessment found no substantial risk of inconsistent testimony.
Public trial right violated when courtroom closed during jury selection; trial counsel failed to object. Defendant must show prejudice on collateral review despite structural nature of error.
DNA evidence, consciousness of guilt, and circumstantial evidence supported conviction for murder during armed robbery and extreme atrocity or cruelty.
Defendant's ambiguous statements about possibly needing a lawyer during police interviews did not constitute an unequivocal invocation of right to counsel.
