Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Helvenston
Norfolk County Circuit Court
Decided December 17, 2009No. Case No. (Criminal) CR09-2330PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
By Judge Norman A. Thomas
On October 14, 2009, defense counsel filed a Motion to Suppress defendant’s March 22-23,2009, statements to members of the Norfolk Police Department on Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment grounds. On October 20 and 22, 2009, the Court conducted lengthy proceedings on the suppression *608motion. As part of the evidentiary presentation, the Court reviewed six separate DVD recordings of defendant’s several hours of questioning by homicide detectives. Finally, after the filing of additional legal briefs respecting the suppression motion, the Court heard final argument from…
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- Commonwealth v. HelvenstonNorfolk County Circuit Court · 2010