1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Mass.
  4. 446 Mass.
  5. 446 Mass. 212 (2006)
 

COMMONWEALTH v. DURHAM

446 Mass. 212 (2006)

COMMONWEALTH v. PATRICK JOHN DURHAM.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 14, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Sultan (Jonathan P. Harwell with him) for the defendant.

Paul B. Linn, Assistant District Attorney (David E. Meier, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Matthew Feinberg & Peter B. Krupp for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers & another.

Stephanie Page & Brownlow M. Speer, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Sosman, & Cordy, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

In issue is the order of a Superior Court judge that directed the defendant, as part of the reciprocal discovery authorized by Mass. R. Crim. P. 14 (a), 378 Mass. 874 (1979),1 to furnish the Commonwealth with "statements" of witnesses whom the Commonwealth intended to call at trial and which were in the possession, custody, or control of the defendant or his attorney. The order required that the "statements" were to be provided...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases