COMMONWEALTH v. MOLINA

SJC-09060

454 Mass. 232 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH v. RICHARD MOLINA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

July 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet H. Pumphrey for the defendant.

Kenneth E. Steinfield, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


IRELAND, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree by reason of extreme atrocity or cruelty of the victim, who was stabbed, strangled, and run over by a van. The defendant appealed, arguing that he was denied his Federal and State constitutional rights where (1) trial counsel did not learn until the fourth day of trial that a key prosecution witness was a confidential police informant; (2) the judge failed to exclude that witness's testimony; (3...

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