Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brescia
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 8, 2015No. SJC 10686PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
At the defendant’s trial for murder and conspiracy, the theory of the prosecution was that the defendant had hired an assassin to kill the victim. The victim was a man with whom the defendant believed his wife was romantically involved. The defendant took the stand and testified on his own behalf, asserting that he had requested only that the victim be threatened or beaten, and that subsequently he had withdrawn from the arrangement altogether. The defendant was cross-examined on the same day and on the following day.
After the jury were charged, the defendant was taken to the hospital, where…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- L.L., a juvenile v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BonnettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. EppsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. FoxworthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. RosarioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
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