Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Netto
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 14, 2003PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
The defendants were convicted of armed robbery and murder in the first degree in connection with the stabbing death of their next door neighbor. The murder indictments were submitted to the jury on theories of deliberate premeditation, extreme atrocity or cruelty, and felony-murder (predicated on armed robbery). The jury found Joseph Netto guilty on all three theories. Nancy Netto was convicted only on the theory of felony-murder. Both defendants now appeal from their convictions, and ask that we exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to reverse the convictions or reduce the degree of…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Abel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Commonwealth v. MontanezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. DickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. MoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
34 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by51 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ZanettiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
- Commonwealth v. StokesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
46 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.