COMMONWEALTH v. O'BRIEN


432 Mass. 578 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. EDWARD S. O'BRIEN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

October 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Lunt (William B. VanLonkhuyzen with her) for the defendant.

David W. Cunis, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, & SOSMAN, JJ.


SPINA, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree under a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty. On appeal he claims error in (1) our order removing the District Court judge originally assigned to preside over his transfer hearing; (2) the transfer judge's findings; (3) the failure to suppress his statements and certain physical evidence; (4) the exclusion of third-party culprit evidence; (5) the admission of evidence of the defendant's state of...

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