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SJC Justices Disagree as to Effect of Prosecutor’s Seemingly Inconsistent Statements at Two Separate Trials

JANUARY 22, 2014

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This week, a 4-3 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) decision highlighted the justices’ conflicting views on the prejudicial effect on a criminal defendant when a prosecutor urges a jury to believe that one person was the principal actor in a murder at one trial, and, failing to convince that jury, urges a different jury to believe that the defendant pulled the trigger in the defendant’s subsequent trial.

In Commonwealth v. Keo, Keo faced a charge of first degree murder in the shooting death of the victim, who was a member of a rival gang, in Lynn in November 2007. The evidence in that case suggested that, on that date, Bonrad Sok had called Keo, and Keo joined Sok and others at a restaurant where the victim and his girlfriend were also present. About five weeks prior to that time, the victim had stabbed Keo.

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This week, a 4-3 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) decision highlighted the justices’ conflicting views on the prejudicial effect on a criminal defendant when a prosecutor urges a jury to believe that one person was the principal actor in a murder at one trial, and, failing to convince that jury, urges a different jury to believe that the defendant pulled the trigger in the defendant’s subsequent trial.

In Commonwealth v. Keo, Keo faced a charge of first degree murder in the shooting death of the victim, who was a member of a rival gang, in Lynn in November 2007. The evidence in that case suggested that, on that date, Bonrad Sok had called Keo, and Keo joined Sok and others at a restaurant where the victim and his girlfriend were also present. About five weeks prior to that time, the victim had stabbed Keo.

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Posted by Parker Scheer LLP | Permalink | Email This Post

Posted In: Criminal Activity , Criminal Allegations , Firearms Charges , Gangs , Guns , Homicide , Murder , Shootings