Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sliech-Brodeur
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 19, 2010PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
A jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree of Joseph Brodeur, her husband, on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. The events giving rise to the charge occurred on July 28, 2004. At trial, the defendant argued that she was not criminally responsible for her husband’s death. The defendant appeals from her conviction, challenging, inter alia, the denial of her motion to suppress certain evidence found in a search of her home; the scope of pretrial discovery orders, granted on motion of the Commonwealth, that concerned her defense of lack of…
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