COMMONWEALTH v. MORSE


427 Mass. 117 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH v. PATRICK MORSE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

March 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Cosgrove, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Kevin J. Reddington (Lee Garrison with him) for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

The Commonwealth appeals from an order entered in the Superior Court suppressing statements made by the defendant, Patrick Morse, to law enforcement officers on June 25, 1995. The defendant has been indicted for murder in the first degree and other crimes allegedly arising from events that occurred in Avon on June 23, 1995.

After an evidentiary hearing, a judge entered a memorandum of decision and order in which she ruled that (1) the police

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