Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Salemme
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 8, 1985PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
On April 6, 1983, a Suffolk County grand jury indicted the defendant, John J. Salemme, for murder. G. L. c. 265, § 1 (1984 ed.). On Februrary 13, 1984, a jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree on the indictment. The judge sentenced Salemme to life imprisonment at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction. Salemme appealed to this court. On appeal he argues that the judge erred in (1) denying the defendant’s motion for a required finding of not guilty; (2) denying his motions for a mistrial; (3) declining to give a certain instruction offered by the…
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3Cited by106 opinions
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