Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Francis
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 11, 2017No. SJC 12118PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLowy, J.
The Commonwealth claims that an order granting the specific performance of a plea agreement constituted error. We agree.
Background. In 1967, the defendant, Roger Francis, was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing his fifteen year old girl friend. See Commonwealth v. Francis, 355 Mass. 108, 108-109 (1969). In 1989, a Superior Court judge allowed the defendant’s motion for a new trial because of errors in the reasonable doubt jury instruction given in his 1967 trial. Thereafter, after a single justice of this court granted the Commonwealth leave to appeal pursuant to the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Commonwealth v. LookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. BentonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Commonwealth v. HartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Sharris v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. BillingsleaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2020
- Commonwealth v. DiBenedettoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2023
- Commonwealth v. PhanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2026
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2024
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