Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Thomas
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 13, 2003PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant, Kairi Thomas, was convicted of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. On appeal he asserts error in (1) the trial judge’s refusal to admit certified copies of convictions of a Commonwealth witness; (2) various aspects of the judge’s instructions on (a) credibility, (b) evidence, and (c) reasonable doubt; and (3) the judge’s failure to instruct on (a) the Commonwealth’s failure to conduct certain tests, (b) missing witnesses, and (c) alibi. The defendant also asks us to revisit the rule that the testimony of an…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. FancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Commonwealth v. SellonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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