Affirmed. Conviction upheld for first-degree murder by strangulation. Peremptory challenge of sole African-American male juror permissible under totality of circumstances; late-disclosed clothing admissible with credibility safeguards; unrecorded statement instruction inapplicable.
Murder conviction affirmed where defendant stabbed wife; substitute medical examiner's improper testimony harmless; individual voir dire on domestic violence not required.
Murder conviction affirmed where defendant sold victim fake cocaine, victim threatened defendant's mother's home, and defendant later shot victim after angry confrontation.
Erroneous conviction compensation claim; eligibility requirement; prearrest silence; interlocutory appeal; sovereign immunity.
Post-indictment email searches via warrant are permissible with court approval of search protocols and defendant participation. Taint teams may identify privileged communications if properly structured with judicial oversight.
Campus police officer authorized to stop vehicle for reckless driving on public way intersecting college campus; section 63 extends authority to land used by college and its environs.
Joint venturer charged with firearms offenses must raise license defense pretrial, but Commonwealth bears burden of proving coventurer unlicensed.
Trial judge properly instructed jury on consciousness of guilt from defendant's flight after stabbing, even where defendant asserted self-defense and claimed fear motivated his departure.
Warrantless police entry into defendant's home based on apparent authority; voluntariness of DNA consent; admissibility of victim's demeanor testimony.
Affirmed attempted kidnapping conviction; reversed annoying or accosting conviction due to lack of sexually explicit conduct required by statute.
