Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Caruso
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 13, 2017No. SJC 09656PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLowy, J.
On January 20, 2000, the victim received a package containing a pipe bomb, which exploded when she opened it, blowing her body asunder and killing her instantly. A jury in the Superior Court found the defendant, Steven Caruso, guilty of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity and cruelty.
The defendant appeals from his conviction, claiming that (1) the admission of testimony by a jailhouse informant violated the defendant’s confrontation rights; (2) a ballistics expert improperly testified to a report prepared by an unavailable expert; (3) the…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by15 opinions
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