Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cunningham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 23, 1989PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
This appeal by three defendants arises out of the same incidents as those in Commonwealth v. Libran, ante 634 (1989), decided today. The evidence is set forth there, but we shall summarize the facts briefly here. On December 21, 1984, Ramon Libran (Libran), a codefendant of the three defendants, participated in a fight at an American Legion hall in Chelsea. The next evening, Libran rode around Chelsea in an automobile driven by defendant Leo Cunningham (Cunningham), searching for the people who had fought with him. Also in the vehicle were Leo’s girl friend, Margaret McClellan, and the…
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