Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Benoit
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 1, 1991PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
Convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of his wife, Thomas W. Benoit appeals. Benoit argues that he is entitled to a new trial based on a substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice because (1) evidence of a telephone call he made to a telephone operator should not have been admitted because his statements were involuntary; (2) testimony from a psychiatrist who performed a competency examination was erroneously admitted in violation of his constitutional right not to incriminate himself; and (3) the medical examiner who testified had not performed the autopsy and…
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