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Commonwealth v. Drayton

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 9, 2018No. SJC 10667PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKafker, J.

*166 **479 A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree for the killing of Michael Greene and of unlawful possession of a firearm. The Commonwealth's case against the defendant at trial largely depended on the testimony of a single percipient witness, James Jackson. Approximately eighteen months after the convictions, another individual, Debra Bell, **480 came forward and stated in an affidavit that Jackson could not have witnessed the shooting because she was in the bathroom with Jackson at the time that it occurred. The affiant died shortly after providing the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  3. L.L., a juvenile v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
  4. Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. TucceriMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DeconinckMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
  2. Commonwealth v. BonnettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
  3. Commonwealth v. ArmstrongMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2023
  4. Commonwealth v. CaldwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2021
  5. Commonwealth v. Donovan E. GoparianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2025

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