Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Knight
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 15, 1984PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The Appeals Court determined that there was no error in denying the defendant’s motion for a required finding of not guilty, but felt “constrained to reverse” the defendant’s conviction of armed robbery while masked because the trial judge failed to exercise discretion in ruling on the defendant’s motion to exclude evidence of his prior convictions from being used to impeach the defendant’s credibility. Commonwealth v. Knight, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 622, 623 (1983). We agree with the Appeals Court’s well-reasoned analysis on the issue of the defendant’s motion for a required finding of not guilty…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. WhiteheadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. DiMarzoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. DiazMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by38 opinions
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