Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/15/2014

Commonwealth v. Sullivan

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469 Mass. 340
14 N.E.3d 205

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blood on defendant's cuffs and hair in defendant's pockets were different in kind and not merely cumulative of other evidence at trial
“Newly available evidence is evidence that was unavailable at the time of trial for a reason such as ... a particular forensic testing methodology had not yet been developed or gained acceptance by the courts”
forensic evidence is newly available if it was unavailable at time of trial because a particular methodology had not yet been developed or gained acceptance by the courts
purported blood on defendant's cuffs and hair in defendant's pocket were \sole pieces of evidence indicating the defendant had been in the presence of the victim during the killing\
pieces of evidence negated by testing were important \because they served as the sole pieces of physical evidence indicating the defendant had been in the presence of the victim during the killing\
\the evidence was probably a real factor in the jury's deliberations because it was one of the pieces of physical evidence that the prosecution pointed to more than once in closing as a basis on which to credit [Commonwealth witness's] testimony over that of [defense witness]\

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Judges: Ireland, Spina, Cordy, Gants, Duffly

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