COMMONWEALTH v. HAMILTON


411 Mass. 313 (1991)

582 N.E.2d 929

COMMONWEALTH vs. FLOYD HAMILTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin P. Curry for the defendant.

Nijole Makaitis, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


NOLAN, J.

The defendant appeals from his convictions of murder in the first degree and armed robbery.1 The defendant argues that (1) his right to an impartial jury was violated by the prosecution's improper exercise of peremptory challenges, as well as the trial judge's allegedly unconstitutional remedy for that improper exercise; (2) the judge erred in concluding that the defendant waived his right to remain silent and his right to counsel...

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