Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Young
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 3, 2012PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The defendant, Victor Young, was convicted of murder in the first degree on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. The conviction arose from an altercation in the early morning hours of September 14, 2003, on *199Cambridge Street in Boston, during which the defendant fatally stabbed Waymond Pearson. The defendant also was convicted of assault with intent to kill, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, with respect to James Morgan.1 On appeal, the defendant argues (1) the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction of murder on the theory of…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. WaiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. MamayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. VargasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. BarbosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. OkoroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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