Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Calderon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 10, 2000PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant of unlawful possession of a firearm, G. L. c. 269, § 10 (a), and of unlawful possession of ammunition, G. L. c. 269, § 10 (h). The defendant has appealed, arguing that (1) the judge committed reversible error in allowing the Commonwealth to use one of its peremptory challenges to exclude the only African-American from the jury; and (2) the judge’s instructions to the jury on reasonable doubt (which were not objected to) were erroneous, and the error created a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice. The Appeals Court concluded that the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Alexander v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FryarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Commonwealth v. VasquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. GarreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. MaldonadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Scott v. GelbCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2016
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