Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lyons
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 20, 2005PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
After a jury convicted the defendant of murder in the second degree for the shaking death of his two week old son, he filed a motion pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 25 (b) (2), 378 Mass. 896 (1979), seeking reduction of the verdict. The trial judge reduced the verdict to involuntary manslaughter, which the Appeals Court upheld on appeal. Commonwealth v. Lyons, 61 Mass. App. Ct. 1103 (2004). The Commonwealth appeals from the judge’s order reducing the verdict. The defendant appeals from his conviction and now asks this court to order a new trial, raising a number of errors, but waives them if we…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. SiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. SannaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. BastaracheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LeahyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- United States v. WalterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Lyons v. BradyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
- Commonwealth v. GilbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
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