Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bresilla
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 16, 2015No. SJC 10837PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
In the early morning hours of March 28, 2006, Doowensky Nazaire was shot and killed in front of a night club in Cambridge. Although the firearm was never recovered, the evidence implicating the defendant, Elysee Bresilla, as the shooter was substantial. Within minutes of the shooting, Cambridge police officers found the defendant crouching in the yard of a nearby residence. Within an hour, the police had performed a showup with a witness who identified the defendant as the shooter. Two eyewitnesses who knew the defendant came forward and identified him as the shooter. The defendant’s hands…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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3Cited by25 opinions
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