Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Lee Manuel Rios

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 14, 2025No. SJC-12982Published

1Opinion of the Court

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

COMMONWEALTH vs. LEE MANUEL RIOS

Docket:

SJC-12982

Dates:

December 6, 2024 - May 14, 2025

Present:

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Dewar, JJ.

County:

Hampden

Keywords:

Homicide. Firearms. Practice, Criminal, Loss of evidence by prosecution, Preservation of evidence, Discovery, Voir dire, Jury and jurors, Motion to suppress, New trial, Capital case. Evidence, Expert opinion, Exculpatory, Scientific test, Guilty plea, Sound recording. Witness, Expert. Cellular Telephone. Due Process of Law, Loss of evidence by prosecution. Constitutional Law, Search and seizure,…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  5. Commonwealth v. LaniganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994

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