Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Young
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 30, 1987PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
On May 23, 1984, a Suffolk County grand jury indicted the defendant, Allen Young, a black man, for the murder in the first degree of Angel Luis Ortiz, a person of Hispanic origin. Prior to trial, the defendant filed a motion for the individual voir dire of the venire. The trial judge, after hearing argument, denied the motion. Later, during the course of the jury selection process, the defendant made two motions challenging the prosecutor’s use of peremptory challenges. The motions were denied. The trial commenced on March 20,1985. On April 5,1985, the jury found the defendant guilty of…
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