Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Maillet
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 10, 1987PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The defendant was tried before a jury in Hampshire County on an indictment charging murder in the first degree. On April 24, 1985, he was convicted of murder in the second degree. In this appeal, the defendant argues that (1) by permitting his wife to refuse to testify in his behalf, the judge erroneously allowed her claim of the spousal privilege, G. L. c. 233, § 20, Second (1984 ed.); 1 and (2) the judge erred in declining to enter a finding that the defendant was guilty only of manslaughter. See Mass. R. Crim. P. 25 (b) (2), 378 Mass. 896 (1979). We allowed the defendant’s petition for…
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