COMMONWEALTH v. KOUMARIS


440 Mass. 405 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH vs. STEVEN J. KOUMARIS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

November 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Hrones for the defendant.

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

Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, & Cowin, JJ.


IRELAND, J.

On January 9, 2002, the defendant, Steven J. Koumaris, was convicted of a 1975 felony-murder in the first degree with armed robbery as the predicate felony, G. L. c. 265, §§ 1 and 17, respectively.1 The defendant appeals arguing that it was error for the Superior Court judge, who was also the trial judge, to deny his motion to suppress confessions he made to prison officials and police, and to refuse to conduct a...

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