Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Guy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 25, 2004PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant, Martin G. Guy, of murder in the first degree based on theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. Represented by new counsel, the defendant appeals from his conviction, asserting several errors: (1) the judge erred in denying his motions for a required finding of not guilty; (2) his post-Miranda silence was used against him at trial; (3) the judge erred in instructing the jury on malice; (4) the written instructions that the judge gave the jury were incomplete and prejudicial; and (5) the prosecutor’s closing argument…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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3Cited by36 opinions
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