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COMMONWEALTH v. ALMEIDA

SJC-08965.

452 Mass. 601 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH v. JASON J. ALMEIDA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

November 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg T. Schubert for the defendant.

Shoshana E. Stern, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, SPINA, COWIN, & BOTSFORD, JJ.

COWIN, J.

A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant, Jason J. Almeida, of murder in the first degree for the shooting of Joseph Canto in the rear parking lot of a lounge in New Bedford on October 4, 2000.1 The defendant appeals from his conviction and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. Represented by new counsel on appeal, he claims he was denied the right to confront and examine a spectator whom the judge believed was...

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