COMMONWEALTH v. McCOWEN

SJC-09935

458 Mass. 461 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. CHRISTOPHER M. McCOWEN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

December 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. George ( Gary G. Pelletier with him) for the defendant.

Julia K. Holler , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


GANTS, J.

A jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree on theories of extreme atrocity or cruelty and felony-murder, of aggravated rape, and of aggravated burglary. The defendant appeals from his convictions and from the trial judge's denial of his motions for a new trial. On appeal, the defendant argues that (1) the judge erred in ruling that the defendant knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his Miranda rights after his arrest, and that...

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