Commonwealth v. Ferreira

The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction of murder in the first degree and declined to order a new trial or reduct the verdict under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, 33E, holding that a new trial was not required in this case.Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on the theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the conviction, holding (1) the superior court did not abuse its discretion in denying Defendant’s motion for a new trial on the ground of undisclosed exculpatory evidence; (2) the superior court did not err in denying Defendant’s motion for a new trial; (3) the trial court did not err in denying Defendant’s motion to suppress; (4) certain evidence should not have been admitted, but there was no prejudice to Defendant; and (5) certain grand jury testimony should not have been admitted, but a new trial was not required on that basis. View "Commonwealth v. Ferreira" on Justia Law