Commonwealth v. Jackson

Following a jury trial, Leonard Jackson was found guilty of premeditated murder and the unlawful possession of a firearm.1 The centerpiece of the Commonwealth’s evidence at trial was Jackson’s confession and, to a lesser extent, the content of a series of false statements made to police over several days leading up to it. The confession and most of Jackson’s state*604ments were videotaped, and those tapes were admitted in evidence. Other witnesses were called by the Commonwealth to show that Jackson had lied to the police in his initial statements, and to corroborate some of the details of his…