Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Knight
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 28, 1994No. 93-P-324PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFine, J.
The body of Marie DuBuissant was recovered from behind a false fireplace in the apartment she shared with the defendant in the Dorchester section of Boston. The defendant was charged with murder. After a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of so much of the indictment as charged manslaughter. On appeal, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the instructions on manslaughter. We affirm.
We describe the Commonwealth’s case. When the Boston police found DuBuissant’s body on Friday, November 23, 1992, it was wrapped in a bedspread, covered by a…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- United States v. George I. BennyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Commonwealth v. GreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. SiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KirwanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. DiazMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. SquailiaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. GrantMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000
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