Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Feroli
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 15, 1990PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The defendant, John M. Feroli, appeals from two convictions of murder in the first degree (by reason of deliberate premeditation and felony murder). The defendant’s first trial ended in a mistrial when the jury were unable to reach a verdict after seven days of deliberation. Following the mistrial, a single justice of this court affirmed the trial judge’s denial of the defendant’s motion for a required finding of not guilty. The defendant’s second trial, which was severed from that of his two codefendants in the first trial, 1 resulted in the convictions.
On appeal, the defendant claims that…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Luce v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Carter v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Commonwealth v. StoreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- United States v. Francisco Adriano Armedo-Sarmiento, AKA Eduardo Sanchez, AKA Pacho El Mono, AKA Elkin, AKA Francisco VelezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
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3Cited by35 opinions
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