Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Martinez
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 19, 1981PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The defendant was convicted on October 20, 1976, of murder in the second degree. He contends that the trial judge erred by refusing to allow the cross-examination of a Commonwealth witness concerning criminal cases pending against the witness and by refusing to permit the introduction of the grand jury testimony of three unavail able witnesses. He further requests that we exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, and grant a new trial. We reverse the judgment.
The death occurred in a boarding house in Springfield, called the Carlton Rooms. The victim, Edward Fremont, was a fifty-seven year…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. GalloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Commonwealth v. D'AGOSTINOMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- United States v. Gerald N. KlauberCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. TrigonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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