Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rodriguez
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 9, 2010PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
In February, 2006, a jury convicted the defendant Lionel Rodriguez of murder in the first degree on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty.2 His codefendant, Ryan Marshall, was convicted of being an accessory before the fact to that murder also on the theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty.3 The victim was George R. Carpenter, a longtime friend of Marshall’s mother.4 The defendants, each represented by new counsel on appeal, raise various arguments. Rodriguez argues (1) that the *463prosecutor improperly used a peremptory challenge to remove the sole Hispanic juror; (2) error in the failure to…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Marshall v. Bristol Superior CourtCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2014
- Commonwealth v. PruntyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. IssaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. ReavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Marshall v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
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