In your criminal law practice, the stakes are highest when homicide is the charge - a life has been lost. Another may face the strictest sentencing our legal system can impose. No matter which side of the counsel table you hail from - prosecution or defense - this program amps up your awareness of the most determinative scientific and social factors in homicide trials. Our panel brings you current on what is happening in Massachusetts courts on both fronts. They present cresting case law, discuss cold cases, examine crime scene analysis and reconstruction, and delves into surveillance and technology. The program provides guidance on attacking an expert witness and reviews gang evidence in murder cases. You come away from this program savvier, more aware, and more knowledgeable.
Raise your homicide practice to a higher level.
Raise your homicide practice to a higher level.
Course Content
9:00am - 9:05am- Welcome and Introduction
- Hot Topic/Case Update
- Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Trials: Prior Bad Acts/State of Mind Evidence
- Hon. Beverly J. Cannone, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
- Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Trials: Digital Evidence
- Graham G. Van Epps, Esq., Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Woburn
- Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Trials: Felony Murder
- Chauncey B. Wood, Esq., Wood & Nathanson LLP, Boston
- Victoria Kelleher, Esq., Law Office of Victoria Kelleher, Boston
- Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Trials: Crime Scene Analysis and Reconstruction
- Brian Cunningham, Massachusetts Department of State Police, Forensic Services Group, Maynard
- Mark W. Shea, Esq., Shea & LaRocque, Cambridge
- Networking and Refreshment Break
- Tara B. Burdman, Esq., Bristol County District Attorney's Office, Fall River
- Kelli L. Porges, Esq., Iglehart and Porges, Boston
- David Marc Solet, Esq., Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn
- Charles Henry Fasoldt, Esq., C. Henry Fasoldt, Attorney At Law, Boston
2:00pm - 3:10pm: Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Trials: Expert Witness Testimony
- Hon. Heidi E. Brieger, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
- Kate B. MacDougall, Esq., Essex District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Salem
- Austin C. Tzeng, Esq., Law Office of Austin C. Tzeng, Quincy
- Brian J. Carney, Esq., WIN Interactive, Inc., Rockland
- Robert Smith, TechSmart Solutions LLC, Forestdale
Please Note
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- There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only.
- They are posted 24 hours prior to the program and can be accessed, downloaded, or printed from your computer.
Speaker
Debra DeWitt-Ahern, Esq.,Ahern Law Offices, Lowell
