Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dubois
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 31, 2008PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
In 2004, a Barnstable County jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree of the victim, a social worker for the Department of Social Services (department), based on deliberate premeditation.1 The defendant appealed. In 2005, the defendant filed three motions in this court, including a motion for a new trial, which were remanded to the Superior Court. The motion for a new trial was denied without a hearing in 2007. The defendant again appealed and the appeals were consolidated. The defendant claims that the judge erred in denying his motions to suppress and for a required…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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