Both Tanzerious and Jason’s constitutional right to a fair trial, with adequate defense, were violated in the following ways:
- Private attorney, Timothy Flaherty’s defense of Tanzerious; and public defender, Michael Doolin’s defense of Jason was inadequate.
- Tanzerious and Jason’s constitutional right to a public trial was violated because the court was closed during jury empanelment.
- There was insufficient evidence to support a conviction for felony-murder.
- Evidence suggests that the Commonwealth’s main witness did not testify truthfully.
- The Commonwealth withheld potentially exculpatory evidence.