Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Corliss
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 20, 2015No. SJC 11523PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
A jury convicted the defendant, Edward Corliss, of murder in the first degree on the theories of deliberate premeditation and felony-murder, and of unlawful possession of a firearm, and robbery while armed and masked. The defendant appeals, claiming (1) the trial judge’s restrictions on the defendant’s attendance at a jury view were improper; (2) it was error to admit a witness’s testimony that he saw the defendant with a gun more than one year before the shooting in question occurred; (3) the “destruction” by police of money seized from the defendant’s residence without first examining the…
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