Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pike
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 13, 2000PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The defendant, Julie A. Pike, was charged with murder in the first degree. A jury in the Superior Court considered that charge and convicted her of murder in the second degree.1 The defendant’s boy friend, Barry Loring, had also been indicted for murder in the first degree. He testified against her at her trial under an agreement with the Commonwealth that allowed him to enter a plea of guilty to murder in the second degree. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant argues that the trial judge erred in (1) submitting the case to the jury on the theory of joint venture; and (2)…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- State v. KellySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. ChipmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. GreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Pike v. GuarinoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Commonwealth v. DegroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. TevlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. EllisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. StroynyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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