Commonwealth v. Sarourt Nom

After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree by reason of deliberate premeditation.1 On appeal, the defendant contends that the judge erred in (1) allowing the prosecutor’s peremptory challenge of the only black juror in the venire; (2) admitting the defendant’s second, third, and fourth statements to the police after suppressing his first statement; (3) ruling that the defendant’s Miranda waiver was voluntary; (4) denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss based on the destruction by police of potentially exculpatory evidence; (5) declining to instruct the…