Commonwealth v. Silva-Santiago

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 2009-05-15

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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 judg…

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