Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Burgess
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 11, 2008PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
The defendant, Steven Burgess, was convicted of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity and cruelty. He was also convicted of violation of a protective order. The defendant appeals from his convictions. He raises several issues concerning two sets of statements made by the victim to police. He alleges that (1) these statements were “testimonial” and thus rendered inadmissible by the confrontation clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution1; (2) one set of the statements was admitted improperly in violation of the rule…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- White v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Whorton v. BocktingSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NardiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. NesbittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. DepinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. ZeiningerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
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