Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Braley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 12, 2007PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
In July, 2004, a jury in the Superior Court found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree on a theory of deliberate premeditation, G. L. c. 265, § 1, for his participation in a homicide that had occurred fifteen years earlier, in July, 1989. The defendant was arrested after his coventurer confessed; the two men had successfully concealed their involvement in the crime for more than eleven years.1
On appeal, the defendant challenges certain evidentiary rulings by the trial judge; argues that the prosecutor made improper statements in his closing argument; claims that certain of the…
2Cases cited61 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CraytonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. WoodsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. AhmadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. RidgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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