Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Weichell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 2, 1983PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The defendant was convicted by a jury on August 20, 1981, of murder in the first degree for the fatal shooting of Robert W. LaMonica. The shooting occurred shortly after midnight on May 31, 1980, outside LaMonica’s Braintree apartment. The defendant was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment and now appeals his conviction. G. L. c. 278, § 33E.
Weichell claims that the trial judge erred in (1) denying his motions in limine to exclude certain evidence relating to motive; (2) granting the Commonwealth’s motion in limine to exclude evidence which tended to show that third parties had a motive to…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Poirier v. Town of PlymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. BorodineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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3Cited by76 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. DayeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Puryear v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
- Commonwealth v. GunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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