Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Talbert
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 2, 1970PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKirk, J.
The defendant was tried on an indictment charging the murder of Richard Long. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. The trial was subject to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. The case is before us on the defendant’s appeal and assignments of error.
There was evidence that the defendant and his wife attended a party in an apartment in Boston in the early morning of November 24, 1968. Long was present at the party, at which liquor was served. Long’s use of foul language in the presence of the defendant’s wife led to an altercation between Long and the defendant. Long…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- Commonwealth v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Commonwealth v. HicksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. StoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. DeeranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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