Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fluellen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 16, 2010No. SJC-10429PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
The defendant, Jimmy Lee Fluellen, Jr., was tried together with Anthony Green on charges of distributing cocaine, G. L. c. 94C, § 32A (c), and distributing cocaine within a school zone, G. L. c. 94C, § 32J. After the judge instructed the jury on the law of joint venture, they acquitted Green and convicted the defendant of both charges.
The defendant filed a timely appeal, and we granted his application for direct appellate review principally to consider whether the role of consistency, a limited doctrine that we have applied to reverse certain types of inconsistent verdicts rendered against…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Commonwealth v. MahdiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
19 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by27 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HamptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. HumphriesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. MendesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2010
22 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.