Commonwealth v. O'Neil

Deborah O’Neil and her son, Steven O’Neil, were indicted and convicted as joint venturers in the arson of a *171Lawrence residence. The arson was actually committed by another son, Michael O’Neil, and his best friend, Charles Rosinski. Steven O’Neil here challenges the denial of his pretrial motion to dismiss the indictment against him, asserting that the grand jury heard insufficient evidence to establish probable cause to arrest him for the crime charged. Deborah O’Neil contends primarily that her counsel was ineffective in cross-examining Rosinski, the Commonwealth’s only percipient witness…