Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dunker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 2, 1973PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant appeals under G. L. c. 278, § § 33A-33G, from his conviction of murder in the second degree on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree. The victim was found on a street in the vicinity of Fields Corner in Dorchester in the early morning of June 25, 1970. There were no eyewitnesses to the shooting. The victim was taken to the accident ward at Boston City Hospital where in two separate interviews by police officers he identified the defendant as the person who shot him. In addition to the victim’s identification of the defendant, the Commonwealth’s case rested…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Commonwealth v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. PolianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Commonwealth v. GalloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Commonwealth v. BernierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. MahdiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. BorodineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. MacDonald (No. 1)Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. ValliereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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