Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McGeoghean
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 10, 1992PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
Early in the morning of August 15, 1988, the defendant’s twenty-three month old daughter Sarah died of asphyxia due to compression of her neck. Sarah had been strangled by a stereo speaker cord and smothered by a hand or pillow. The jury were warranted in finding that the defendant killed Sarah with deliberate premeditation and malice aforethought. We consider the defendant’s appeal from her conviction óf murder in the first degree.
The defendant has raised four substantive challenges to her conviction. Only two require more than a brief discussion. We affirm the conviction and decline to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. MaguireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. RobertsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. CordleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LaVelleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. ForteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
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