Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rego
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 5, 1971PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, J.
The three defendants were indicted upon charges of murder in the first degree and breaking and entering in the nighttime. The defendants were tried together on all indictments and the jury returned verdicts of guilty of murder in the first degree and breaking and entering in the nighttime against each defendant, but the jury recommended that the death sentence be not imposed. The cases are here on appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G.
The defendants argue five assignments of error: (1) the judge’s failure to charge upon homicide committed during the crime of breaking and entering as a basis…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. EwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Dickey v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. Ralph F. DeleoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Commonwealth v. MadeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Commonwealth v. ChanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MatchettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. DickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. MoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. GauldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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