Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Latimore
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 7, 1979PublishedCited by 1,575 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
The defendant Willie R. Latimore was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing Philip Poirier in a fight between the two men at a tavern. On this appeal, the defendant argues that it was error to deny his separate motions for directed verdicts of not guilty, not guilty of murder in the first degree, and not guilty of murder in the second degree. He also argues that error was committed in excluding a certain question on cross-examination. Finally, the defendant seeks relief un der G. L. c. 278, § 33E. Because the primary issue underlying all of these arguments is whether the verdict…
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