Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. DiPietro

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided September 19, 1977PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.

The defendant was indicted for the unarmed robbery and first degree murder of Harold F. Lowell. The two indictments were tried together before a jury which returned verdicts of guilty of robbery and of manslaughter. The defendant appealed to the Appeals Court under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and that court confirmed the conviction on each indictment. Commonwealth v. DiPietro, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 845 (1976). The defendant then applied to this court for further review on four specific issues which are set out in the margin, and we allowed the application. 1 G. L. c. 211A, § 11.

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2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  5. Mancusi v. StubbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by46 opinions

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  5. Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982

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