Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Morse
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 20, 1998PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The Commonwealth appeals from an order entered in the Superior Court suppressing statements made by the defendant, Patrick Morse, to law enforcement officers on June 25, 1995. The defendant has been indicted for murder in the first degree and other crimes allegedly arising from events that occurred in Avon on June 23, 1995.
After an evidentiary hearing, a judge entered a memorandum of decision and order in which she ruled that (1) the police *118failed to give the defendant timely Miranda warnings, (2) incriminating statements made by the defendant prior to his receipt of Miranda warnings were…
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