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Commonwealth v. Donovan E. Goparian

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided July 23, 2025No. SJC-13391Published

1Opinion of the Court

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

COMMONWEALTH vs. DONOVAN E. GOPARIAN

Docket:

SJC-13391

Dates:

January 10, 2025 - July 23, 2025

Present:

Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Georges, & Dewar, JJ.

County:

Worcester

Keywords:

Homicide. Practice, Criminal, Fair trial, Discovery, Disclosure of evidence, Postconviction relief, New trial, Capital case. Constitutional Law, Fair trial. Evidence, Exculpatory, Third-party culprit, Disclosure of evidence

Indictment found and returned in the Superior Court Department on December 21, 2016.

A motion for a new trial, filed on June 15, 2023, was heard by Daniel M. Wrenn, J.

Merritt…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. TriplettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986

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