COMMONWEALTH v. BURGESS


450 Mass. 422 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH v. STEVEN J. BURGESS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

January 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. McCarthy for the defendant.

Robert J. Bender, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN & CORDY, JJ.


COWIN, 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...

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