Commonwealth v. Hobbs
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The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's convictions and the denial of his motion for a new trial, holding that there was no reversible error in the proceedings below and that there was no reason for this Court to exercise its authority under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, 33E to grant a new trial or to either reduce or set aside the verdict of murder in the first degree.
Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on the theory of deliberate premeditation. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions and the trial court's denial of his motion for a new trial, holding (1) the motion judge did not err in denying Defendant's motion to suppress the cell site location information used by the Commonwealth in this case; (2) no other reversible error occurred in this case; and (3) reversal was not warranted due to cumulative error.
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