COMMONWEALTH v. SILVA-SANTIAGO

No. SJC-10154.

453 Mass. 782 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH v. JESUS SILVA-SANTIAGO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

May 15, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Baler for the defendant.

John E. Bradley, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.


GANTS, J.

A jury convicted the defendant Jesus Silva-Santiago of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues error in (1) the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress out-of-court photographic identifications; (2) the exclusion of evidence pertaining to the inadequacy of the police investigation; and (3) the judge's instructions to the jury. We reject...

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