COMMONWEALTH v. McWILLIAMS

No. SJC-11900.

473 Mass. 606 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH, vs. ROBERT McWILLIAMS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

February 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy St. Lawrence for the defendant.

Crystal L. Lyons , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: Gants, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk, & Hines, JJ.


In this case, we address the question left open in Commonwealth v. Fortunato, 466 Mass. 500, 509 (2013): whether voluntary, unsolicited statements that are not the product of police questioning, made more than six hours after arrest, must be suppressed under the safe harbor rule established in Commonwealth...

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