Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Adrey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 16, 1986PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
On December 11, 1974, a jury convicted the defendant of murder in the second degree on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree. In 1978, this court affirmed the conviction after plenary review under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, as amended through St. 1974, c. 457. Commonwealth v. Adrey, 376 Mass. 747 (1978).
In 1982, the defendant filed a motion for postconviction relief under Mass. R. Crim. P. 30 (a), 378 Mass. 900 (1979), alleging that the judge’s instructions to the jury erroneously relieved the Commonwealth of its burden of proving every essential element of the crime charged.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. KaterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. RepozaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. FryarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. RepozaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. LykusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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