Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bowman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 1, 1977PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
On indictments for murder in the first degree on his companion Yvonne and their two-year-old son Marcus, the defendant Compton Bowman was convicted of murder in the second degree of Yvonne and acquitted of the murder of Marcus. The defendant argues on his appeal from the conviction that on all the evidence this court ought to use its dispensing power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to order entry of a manslaughter verdict (or possibly order a new trial). Section 33E is also invoked in respect to the omission of the trial judge to instruct on manslaughter, and an alleged error by him in his…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Hankerson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. ToneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. EllisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CadwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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