Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. De Christoforo
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 7, 1971PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
This is an appeal by the defendant under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from his conviction for first degree murder in the Superior Court. The jury, which unammously recommended that the death penalty not be imposed, also found the defendant guilty of illegal possession of firearms. The case comes to us on a transcript of the proceedings below, a summary of the record, and the defendant’s assignment of errors.
The following facts are undisputed. About 3:55 a.m on April 18, 1967, a car in which the defendant and three *533others were riding was stopped in Medford by two police officers. Shortly…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- McGautha v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Commonwealth v. GreenbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Max Greenberg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by146 opinions
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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