Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lussier
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 18, 1973PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
This is an appeal pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction of murder in the first degree committed with extreme atrocity or cruelty. The defendant, aged twenty-four at the time of his arrest, argues that (1) young persons were unconstitutionally excluded from the jury in violation of the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, (2) the verdict was based on insufficient evidence, (3) the prosecutor’s summation argument was improper and prejudicial, (4) the trial court erred in failing to require the Commonwealth to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. De ChristoforoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. BastaracheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. MontecalvoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. StoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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