Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Grimshaw
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 22, 1992PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
A jury convicted the defendant of manslaughter in connection with the death of her husband, and she was sentenced a term of from fifteen to twenty years. The Ap*506peals Court affirmed the defendant’s conviction. 31 Mass. App. Ct. 917, 918 (1991). We granted the defendant’s application for further appellate review. The defendant makes three arguments on appeal: (1) the trial judge erred in refusing to grant a mistrial or to give specific curative instructions as a result of several alleged improprieties in the prosecutor’s closing argument; (2) the judge’s refusal to grant immunity to a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Glen Smith, Elton Rieara, Elvis Smith and Roland GeorgesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. De ChristoforoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. Colon-CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. OlszewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. TrappMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. SemedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. CarrollMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. BresillaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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