Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Andrade
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 25, 2014PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, C.J.
In April, 2012, a jury convicted the defendant, Seth Andrade, of murder in the first degree on the theory of deliberate premeditation, and of unlawful possession of a firearm. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues error in (1) the judge’s questioning of members of the *544jury venire concerning the effect, if any, of the absence of eyewitness testimony to the murder in the Commonwealth’s case; (2) the redirect examination of an immunized witness; and (3) the prosecutor’s closing argument. We affirm the defendant’s convictions and discern no basis to exercise our authority…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. CinelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. Colon-CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. CiampaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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3Cited by35 opinions
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