COMMONWEALTH v. MOORE

SJC-11582.

474 Mass. 541 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH v. DWAYNE MOORE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa K. Anderson , Assistant District Attorney ( Edmond J. Zabin , Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Chauncey B. Wood for the defendant.

K. Neil Austin , Caroline S. Donovan , & David A.F. Lewis , for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


We consider here five questions reported by a Superior Court judge to the Appeals Court concerning the effect of an amendment to Mass. R. Prof. C. 3.5 (c), as appearing in 471 Mass. 1428 (2015) (rule 3.5 [c]), regarding an attorney's ability to communicate, postverdict, with jurors who deliberated on, or were discharged from, the attorney...

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