Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dougherty
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 8, 1961PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemobe, J.
The defendants have appealed under Gr. L. c. 278, § 33B, from judgments of guilty of murder in the second degree of Michael Koza and of conspiracy with each other and with Anthony Polcaro. (deceased after conviction) to assault and beat Koza.
1. There was no error in denying the motions for directed verdicts.
There was evidence, appropriately limited, when admitted, to the cases to which it applied, as follows: Polcaro was actively hostile to Koza (a man of seventy-one years) and wished to have him beaten and his limbs broken. Pol-caro met with Dougherty on October 9, 1959, and arranged for the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Silverman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Breithaupt v. AbramSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. DiMarzoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. MurrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. BookmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. PicklesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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