Legal Opinion
Cramer v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 8, 1994PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
Teresa Cramer, whom we shall call the defendant, was tried in 1992 before a jury in the Superior Court on an indictment charging her with murder in the first degree of her eleven month old son, Joseph. See G. L. c. 265, § 1 (1992 ed.). The defendant moved for a required finding of not guilty. Mass. R. Crim. P. 25, 378 Mass. 896 (1979). The judge denied the defendant’s motion and submitted the case to the jury. After deliberating for four days, the jury were unable to agree on a verdict; the judge then declared a mistrial. When the Commonwealth announced its intention to retry her, the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. FancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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3Cited by29 opinions
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