Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 13, 2008PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
Based on a shooting that occurred in December, 1999, a jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree, as a joint venturer, on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 The defendant was tried with Demetrius Ennis, who was acquitted by the jury. The trial judge denied the defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict. The defendant’s motion for a new trial was also denied without an evidentiary hearing. The defendant is represented on appeal by counsel who had represented him in connection with his motion for a new trial. The defendant appeals from his conviction; from the denial…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. JamesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. GreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RidgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. FluellenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. TassinariMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. BenitezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. CaldwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
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