Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cheek
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 13, 1978PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree and convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree. Her appeal brings to us the question whether her cross-examination of a prosecution witness as to bias was unduly restricted. She also complains that questions asked by the prosecutor improperly put before the jury certain conversations, and that the prosecutor’s closing argument asked the jury to draw inferences not supported by evidence. We affirm the conviction.
The defendant conceded that Lawrence Rooney shot the victim, Ezra McClain, and that McClain died from the wound. There…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GrazianoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. ChalifouxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. CaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. StoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by50 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. YesilcimanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. HensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. HofferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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