Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bruce
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 15, 2004No. 02-P-1607PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
Eighteen year old Victor Bruce was indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury for the murder of Earlyn Class, a thirty-five year old woman with whom he had had a brief stormy relationship. The murder was alleged to have been committed on September 10, 1999, when Bruce stood at the back door of Class’s house in Everett and fatally wounded her by firing four bullets through the window of her kitchen door. Trial proceeded before a Superior Court jury on charges of murder in the first degree (G. L. c. 265, § 1) and unlawful possession of a firearm (G. L. c. 269, § 10[a]). At the end, the judge…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. AlphasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Commonwealth v. GreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. BishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. ConnollyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
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3Cited by9 opinions
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