{"id":332,"date":"2014-04-16T05:12:41","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T05:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2014\/04\/massachusetts-supreme-judicial-3.html"},"modified":"2014-04-16T05:12:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T05:12:41","slug":"massachusetts-supreme-judicial-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-supreme-judicial-3\/","title":{"rendered":"SJC decision in Commonwealth v. Hearns addresses invocation of Miranda Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently found that a Boston police officer during a murder investigation did not honor the defendant invocation of his right to remain silent.  The Court found that the defendant invoked his right to remain silent and that the officer continued to question the defendant in hopes to persuade him to talk.  Consequently, the Court suppressed the statements at trial.     <\/p>\n<p>    In <u>Commonwealth v. Hearns<\/u>, decided April 8, 2014, the defendant was indicted in a gang related shooting.  He went to the police station and was told that the Boston police had put together a strong case.  The defendant admitted to being a gang member but denied being involved in any feud.  The defendant asked the officers can you tell me how these cases go together; the officer responded that is something we will discuss in court.  The defendant stated then,  I do not want to talk.  I got nothing to say.  The officer than implied that the shooting may have been an accident at which time the defendant responded that he did not shoot anyone.  The officer continued to ask questions until the defendant said if I am under arrest take me away.  The <a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar_case?case=2962480926631578896&amp;hl=en&amp;as_sdt=6&amp;as_vis=1&amp;oi=scholarr\" target=\"_blank\">full Hearns decisio<\/a>n can be found by following this link.<\/p>\n<p><big>Decision of the Massachusetts Highest Court<\/big><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-supreme-judicial-3\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading SJC decision in Commonwealth v. Hearns addresses invocation of Miranda Rights\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently found that a Boston police officer during a murder investigation did not honor the defendant invocation of his right to remain silent. 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