Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Atkins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 24, 1982PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
Before us is an appeal from two convictions of murder in the first degree. The defendant was convicted by a jury on January 27, 1981. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment. The defendant argues numerous errors, based mainly on the judge’s instructions to the jury. Finding neither error nor an occasion to exercise our powers under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, we affirm.
There was evidence before the jury of the following facts. On May 1, 1980, the bodies of Kathalyn Davidson and William Coleman were discovered in the basement apartment which the two shared at 10 Beals Street in…
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- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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