Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hart
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 20, 2009PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
On the evening of April 30, 2005, the defendant went to the home of Beother Billingslea. On encountering his former girl friend, Tangela Gibson, on the front porch, the defendant slashed her throat. When Billingslea came to Gibson’s aid, the defendant stabbed him to death. Based on these events, a jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree of Billingslea on a theory of deliberate premeditation,1 assault and battery of Gibson by means of a dangerous weapon, and armed assault with intent to murder Gibson. Represented by new counsel on appeal, the defendant…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. New York Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- People v. DawsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Abramian v. President & Fellows of Harvard CollegeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. CefaloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by29 opinions
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