Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Vanetzian
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 4, 1966PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree of Charles Dionisio with a recommendation that the sentence of death be not imposed. G-. L. c. 265, § 2. The ease comes here by appeal under Gr. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33Q-, with numerous assignments of error.
The jury could have found the following: On the evening of October 23, 1959, the defendant entered a grocery store in Watertown where Dionisio, aged twenty-five, was employed as a clerk. At gunpoint, the defendant compelled Courtney, the manager of the store, to hand over the money contained in the cash register. He then ordered…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Diaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Commonwealth v. McCanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Commonwealth v. GreenbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Commonwealth v. PolianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Commonwealth v. WelcomeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
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3Cited by50 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. ChalifouxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Kuklis v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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