Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McNickles
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 15, 2001PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
The defendant was charged with multiple offenses in connection with the deaths of his uncle, Thomas McNickles, and his cousin’s daughter, twelve year old Takeisha McNickles. He was convicted of murder in the second degree for the killing of Thomas,1 murder in the first degree (based on deliberate premeditation and felony-murder) for the killing of Takeisha, two indictments charging aggravated rape of Takeisha, and two indictments charging kidnaping.
Prior to trial, the defendant sought to exclude the results of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing, arguing that the testing did not satisfy the…
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- Commonwealth v. Vao SokMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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