Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Little
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 5, 1981PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
In the early morning hours of February 25, 1979, Stephen Martin was stabbed to death, and Charles Martin, Stephen’s brother, was the victim of an assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. The defendant, Thomas Little, was indicted for murder in the first degree in Stephen Martin’s death, and after trial by jury was convicted of murder in the second degree. Little was also convicted of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon on Charles Martin. Little appealed, and we transferred the case to this court on our own motion. On appeal Little challenges (1) the propriety of…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. SellonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Fogarty v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. SchandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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