Appellant McCowen Brief - Mass Cases

TABLE OF COWTEKL'S
STATEMENT OF ISSUES ........................,.............*~
STATEMENT OF THE CASE .....................................
SUMHARY OF ARGUMENT......................................2
STATEMENT OF FACTS ....................................... 3
I. THE COURT'S ALLOWANCE OF A MEDICAL EXAMINER
AND A DNA ANALYST WE0 DID NOT PERFORM THE ORIGINAL
EXAMINATIONS AND TESTING WAS ERROR.................16
11. TKLS COURT'S REMovAt OF A DEADLOCKED DELIBERATING
JUROR WAS REVERSIBLE ERROR. ........................ 23
111. THE COURT COMMITTED REVERSIBLEERROR WHEN IT FOUND
MCCOWEN'S UNRECORDED STATEMENT VOLUNThRY...........33
IV. THE COURT'S DENTAL OF THE DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR NEW
TRIAL BASED UPON JUROR MISCONDUCT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
ALLOWED ............................................ 39
V. TBE COURT ERRED IN DENYING TEE DEFENDANT'S MOTION
FOR NEW TRIAL BASED ON Tm COMMONWEALTH'S WITHHOLDING
OF EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE............................47
VI. THE COURT ERRED IN DENYING TEE DEFENDANT'S MOTION
TO DISMISS THE INDICTMENTS BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER
THE PRESENTATION OF EVIUENCE...........,...........55
VII. MEDIA FRENZY MANDATED CHANGE OF VENUE/
SEQUESTRATION ...................................... 57
VIII.WRETHER TEE COURT ERRED IN THE RESTRICTION OF
DR. BROWN'S TESTIMONY AND ADMISSION OF BAD ACTS
EVIDENCE....................................*..--..59
IX. THESE VERDICTS SHOULD BE REVERSED PURSUANT TO
G.L. c. 21% 833E ................................... 62
CONCLUSION .............................................. 65
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