Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Souza
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 11, 1998PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
On March 29, 1995, a jury in the Worcester Superior Court found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree on the theories of deliberate premeditation and felony-murder. The jury also convicted the defendant of armed robbery, breaking and entering in the daytime (two indictments), unlawfully carrying a firearm, removing or defacing the firearm’s serial or identification number, assault by means of a dangerous weapon (three indictments), larceny of a motor vehicle, and larceny over $250 (two indictments).
The convictions arose from events surrounding the shooting death of the chief of…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Morey v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
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3Cited by67 opinions
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