Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ferreira
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 6, 1980PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
Convicted of murder in the first degree for the slaying of Officer John Ruggiero, a member of the Fall River police department, Daniel K. Ferreira appeals to this court pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. On appeal Ferreira argues three assignments of error: (1) that the judge erred in his rulings which limited to impeachment purposes only evidence on a material issue showing state of mind of the Commonwealth’s main witness; (2) that the judge erred in allowing the defendant to be impeached by his silence when he was given Miranda warnings; and (3) that improper closing argument by the…
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