Word: retrial
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...judge in the original case, Regina L. Quinlan, granted Pring-Wilson a retrial on June 24, citing a recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) decision that increases how much juries can learn about the violent pasts of victims...
Pring-Wilson will likely not appear in court again for months, as prosecutors plan to appeal Quinlan’s decision to grant a retrial...
According to a spokeswoman for Middlesex County District Attorney Martha Coakley, if the prosecution’s appeal is unsuccessful, a retrial is unlikely to begin until next year...
Quinlan reconvened the parties last week to discuss whether a retrial is in order, in light of the recent SJC ruling...
Although the judge is not bound by the SJC ruling to consider a retrial for Pring-Wilson, it is incumbent upon her to mull over the possibility, said Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree...