Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fluker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 18, 1979PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C. J.
The defendant was tried before a Superior Court judge and jury on indictments charging murder in the first degree, armed robbery and assault with intent to murder. He was convicted of murder in the second degree, larceny, and assault with intent to murder. The trial judge ordered that the larceny conviction be placed on file and then sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment on the murder conviction, and eighteen to twenty years, concurrent with the life sentence, on the assault conviction.
The defendant appealed, arguing three assignments of error: (1) the denial of his motions for…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hankerson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by75 opinions
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