Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Young
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 3, 1981PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
Upon indictments for the murders of James (“D.J.”) Walker and Lenwood Walker, brothers, in November, 1975, the defendant David Young, Jr., was tried by jury in February, 1979, found guilty of the crimes in the second degree, and sentenced to successive life terms. We review the judgments of conviction which are challenged on several grounds: (1) that certain items secured by the Commonwealth in a search without warrant at the initial discovery of the crimes were erroneously admitted at trial; (2) that the defendant was improperly obliged to sit in prisoner’s dock during trial; (3) that…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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