Legal Opinion
Napolitano v. Attorney General
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 2, 2000PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
Jerome A. Napolitano appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying relief on a complaint for declaratory judgment. Napolitano sought a declaration that a previous ruling by another single justice, denying his G. L. c. 278, § 33E, petition for leave to appeal from the denial of a second postrescript motion for a new trial, was arbitrary and capricious and deprived him of equal protection.1 Napolitano also sought a declaration that the statute under which he had been sentenced to life imprisonment on convictions of murder *241in the first degree, G. L. c. 265, § 2, is…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Victor v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Dickerson v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. GagliardiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. AmbersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Lee v. CorsiniCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. GunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
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