Live blog: Mattapan Massacre retrial
Dwayne Moore, 35, is being tried for a second time in the Sept. 28, 2010 slayings of four people, including a mother with her 2-year-old child, on a Mattapan street. A fifth person was shot in the head and is now paralyzed.
Follow the stream below for updates from the courtroom.
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The Mattapan massacre trial starts off with a sidebar, after deliberations were suspended Friday due to a sick juror.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:26 PM -
Judge Jeffrey Locke is the only one talking.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:27 PM -
Sidebars during deliberations are not uncommon, but this one appears a bit deeper than the previous ones.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:28 PM -
The defendant, Dwayne Moore, is listening closely to Locke, and everyone appears to be in deep contemplation.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:31 PM -
John Amabile, Moore's attorney, is now talking to Locke. Their whispering is inaudible. Their is a back-and-forth between the two men.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:32 PM -
Sidebar just ended after 12 minutes and now Moore and Amabile, sitting at their table, are in deep conversationby Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:34 PM -
Jurors are now entering.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:35 PM -
Judge Locke tells jurors that he must ask them to return upstairs briefly, but not to deliberate. "You may talk about the weather..."by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:35 PM -
...you may talk about what you're getting for Christmas, you may talk about the Patriots." Locke said that during this recess...by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:37 PM -
He may call some jurors back to the courtroom, one at a time, for discussions. His tone is serious.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:38 PM -
After jurors file out, Locke holds another sidebar, and has requested the presence of the foreperson.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:39 PM -
The court officer from Worcester, who has accompanied the jury on their daily bus trips to Suffolk Superior, is now at the sidebar.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:39 PM -
That court officer is talking with Locke.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:40 PM -
Locke, to this point, has not specified what the issue is, but there is some speculation whirling around that it involves a juror.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:15:54 PM -
The foreperson is speaking with Locke at sidebar.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:17:07 PM -
Locke has stood mostly in previous sidebars, this time he is seated, and is jotting down notes.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:21:45 PM -
The foreperson, a woman, has left the sidebar and the courtroom after spending 10 minutes at the sidebar.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:24:24 PM -
Locke has requested the presence of the foreperson again at sidebar.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:27:58 PM -
Several men with the Streetworkers program are in the courtroom. Absent are any relatives of the victims or defendant.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:29:52 PM -
After about five minutes, the foreperson again leaves the courtroom.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:30:26 PM -
The sidebar has ended. Several victims relatives have enterered. Another sidebar is called, discussions between Amabile and Locke continueby Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:33:53 PM -
A brief recess is calledby Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:34:27 PM -
"Everything that happens in this case is a serious matter," Amabile says in the hallway, declining to take questions.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:38:37 PM -
Case resumes with another sidebar. Another juror has been summoned, this time a man.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:43:31 PM -
The juror leaves the sidebar, but sits down in the courtroom rather than leave like the foreperson did to rejoin other jurors upstairsby Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:45:52 PM -
The male juror has been called to the sidebar again.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:46:19 PM -
That juror leaves the courtroom, after a brief discussion with Locke. Another juror comes inby Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:48:55 PM -
The female juror is animated, using lots of hand gesturesby Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:49:38 PM -
The second female koror leaves the sidebar, sits in the courtroom for a brief moment before being called back.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:52:47 PM -
That's 'juror'by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:53:11 PM -
Another juror, a male is called into the sidebar. It is unclear whether Locke intends to call every juror one-by-one.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:55:16 PM -
But so far, four have been called, two men and two women.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:55:47 PM -
The juror leaves the courtroom, and a third male juror is called to sidebar.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 3:57:24 PM -
juror leaves the sidebar but not courtroom, taking that hot seat like the jurors who proceeded him. Hot seat because they don't sit for longby Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 4:04:55 PM -
The juror or is called back for 30 seconds then leaves the courtroom. Another female juror called, the third. So far six jurors have met.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 4:06:11 PM -
Edmond Zabin, the prosecutor, has mostly listened during these numerous sidebars.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 4:08:04 PM -
Third female juror sits in hot seat for 10 seconds before rejoining sidebar and leaving courtroom. A fourth male juror is called.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 4:10:33 PM -
If the trend holds, expect a female juror next. The jury is comprised of six men and six women.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 4:12:42 PM -
Hot seat again, and then he leaves.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 4:15:02 PM -
Foreperson is back, meeting at sidebar.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 4:15:34 PM -
Foreperson leaves and another female juror called.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 4:16:54 PM -
Juror takes hot seatby Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 4:19:58 PM -
Another female juror called in.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 4:21:51 PM -
Breaking the tradition...by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 4:22:12 PM -
Femal juror leaves, the fifth, another male juror called, the fifth.by Brian Ballou via twitter 12/10/2012 4:27:58 PM