Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cavitt
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 21, 2011PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
On the morning of May 5, 2006, a Western Union office located inside a Big Y supermarket in Springfield was robbed, and shortly thereafter, fire officials discovered the dead bodies of Milagros Rosario and Edelmira Miranda inside their apartment at a nearby housing complex. A grand jury indicted the defendant on two indictments charging murder, and on one indictment each charging burning of a dwelling house, armed robbery while masked, assault and battery, and carjacking. The defendant filed a motion to suppress evidence seized by the police during a search of the apartment where he had been…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Florida v. J. L.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CinelliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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3Cited by31 opinions
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