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A Boston Criminal Attorney Discusses SJC?s Ruling In Murder Appeal Motion (Part One)

By Altman & Altman

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (?SJC?), the Commonwealth?s highest court , situated in Boston, has rejected a motion by Calvin C., convicted in the 2005 Bourneside murders,(hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) to stay his appeal so that he could seek a new trial based on evidence he said showed he was framed. The Defendant is currently serving four consecutive life terms for killing four men in Dorchester. The claim, as represented by the Defendant?s lawyer before the SJC, is that the Suffolk district attorney?s office had for over a year withheld information that potentially cast doubt on his guilt. This is known as ?exculpatory evidence? which the prosecution is to deliver to the defense immediately upon discovering it. On August 13th, prosecutors apparently provided the Defendant?s a February 2009 affidavit from an inmate asserting that another gentleman, who pleaded guilty to acting as an accessory to the murders, confessed that he was the real killer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on September 01, 2010 (boomark / email).