Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Maynard
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 25, 2002PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
In December, 1994, twenty-two year old Billy Paige entered the home of his friend, Fred Perry, in Greenfield. By all accounts, he never walked back out. In May, 1995, his body was found in a flooded quarry in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. A Franklin County grand jury subsequently indicted Clinton J. Maynard for murder, kidnapping, and aggravated rape.1 At the conclusion of the Commonwealth’s case, the judge allowed Maynard’s motion for a required finding of not guilty on the charge of aggravated rape, but denied similar motions directed to the charges of kidnapping and murder. The defense…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. GuyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
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