Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Burgess
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 13, 2001PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on theories of extreme atrocity or cruelty and felony-murder. He was also convicted of armed burglary, the underlying felony. The defendant appeals from his convictions, claiming constitutional error in the admission in evidence of his clothing taken during a search that he maintains was unlawful; in the denial of his motion to suppress inculpatory statements made to the police while he was in custody; in jury instructions concerning his intoxication on the night of the killing; and in his claim of inadequate…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. YesilcimanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. MoonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. MeehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DiGiambattistaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. GroomeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. PORTER P.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. DagleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. SargentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
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