Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Winquist
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 3, 2015No. AC 13-P-1545PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMassing, J.
The defendant, James S. Winquist, appeals from two convictions of murder in the second degree. He claims that two statements of Eric Snow, his joint venturer in the murders, were erroneously admitted against him as coconspirator statements; that the trial judge erred by denying his midtrial request for a hearing under Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978); that the prosecutor’s closing argument was improper; and that a key witness, Kelly Burgess, was incompetent to testify. We affirm.
Facts. One morning in May, 2005, the badly decomposed bodies of two homeless men, Wiliam Chrapan and David…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WinquistMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
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- Commonwealth v. RakesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017