Commonwealth v. Welch

Docket NumberSJC-11839
Decision Date14 May 2021
The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of murder in the first degree on theories of both deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty, holding that there was no reversible error either in any issue raised by Defendant or in this Court's review under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33E Specifically, the Supreme Judicial Court held (1) the trial court did not err in denying Defendant's motion to suppress handwritten note and oral statements he made to officers while he was...

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  • Comm. for Pub. Counsel Servs. v. Barnstable Cnty. Sheriff's Office
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • September 28, 2021
    ...by the special master, according deference to any findings "drawn partly or wholly from testimonial evidence." Commonwealth v. Welch, 487 Mass. 425, 429, 167 N.E.3d 1201 (2021), quoting Commonwealth v. Tremblay, 480 Mass. 645, 655, 107 N.E.3d 1121 (2018). Here, the special master did not he......
  • Commonwealth v. Carrasquillo
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • February 7, 2022
    ...his or her privacy, the character of the object searched, and the nature of the government intrusion. See Commonwealth v. Welch, 487 Mass. 425, 433, 167 N.E.3d 1201 (2021) ; Commonwealth v. Berry, 420 Mass. 95, 106 n.9, 648 N.E.2d 732 (1995). With respect to ordinary protective measures, we......
  • Commonwealth v. Williams
    • United States
    • Appeals Court of Massachusetts
    • August 1, 2024
    ...Mass. 186, 190, 65 N.E.3d 1185 (2017). "We review a judge’s evidentiary rulings for an abuse of discretion." Commonwealth v. Welch, 487 Mass. 425, 440, 167 N.E.3d 1201 (2021), quoting Commonwealth v. Andre, 484 Mass. 403, 414, 142 N.E.3d 60 (2020). When an objection is preserved at trial, a......
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