Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gray
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 28, 1943PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
The defendant, who was indicted on August 4, 1942, for the murder of Zelda Karchmer on July 7, 1942, was found guilty of murder in the first degree. At the trial he was also tried on an indictment charging that, being armed, he robbed the deceased, and on another indictment charging him with breaking and entering the building where she lived. He was also found guilty on these indictments. The trials were held under the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, as amended. The defendant admitted that on July 7, 1942, he went to the deceased’s home and slashed her neck with a razor, as…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Commonwealth v. PolianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Commonwealth v. DiStasioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Commonwealth v. SheppardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Commonwealth v. UnderwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Blaisdell v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. FlynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. KiernanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Commonwealth v. BellinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
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