Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pina
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 14, 1999PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
The defendant, Sebastian R. Pina, Jr., appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 G. L. c. 265, § 1. He challenges the denial of his motion to suppress a statement he made to the police following his arrest. He also challenges the trial judge’s refusal to conduct an individual voir dire of prospective jurors concerning their possible prejudice against Cape Verdeans, various evidentiary rulings, certain jury instructions, and the sufficiency of the evidence to establish that he killed the victim and that he did so with extreme…
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