Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Doucette
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 14, 1984PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
On September 10, 1979, a jury convicted the defendant, William H. Doucette, Jr., of murder in the first degree. The trial judge sentenced the defendant to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, for a term of life. Defense counsel immediately filed a claim of appeal.
The defendant claims error in the trial judge’s denial of his motion to suppress statements made to the police and the judge’s instructions to the jury. He further asserts that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. These errors, he contends, require reversal of his conviction. In the alternative he…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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3Cited by122 opinions
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