Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Miller
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 17, 2016No. SJC 10640PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
On the evening of September 25, 2006, James Cadet was shot and killed. The defendant, David T. Miller, who lived in the same apartment complex as the victim, was indicted for the murder three months later after several witnesses, as well as evidence seized during a search of his apartment building, linked him to the crime.
The trial began in February, 2009. The defendant was allowed to conduct the trial pro se, but standby counsel, who had been appointed to assist him, actively participated throughout the trial proceedings.
On February 24, the jury returned verdicts of guilty of murder in the…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- United States v. SalvucciSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey Howard VAN POYCK, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. FidlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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