Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mutina
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 11, 1975PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
The defendant appeals pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction of murder in the first degree and from the denial of his motion for a new trial.
Briefly, the facts are these. Around midnight on March 16, 1971, the defendant approached Ruth Achorn on the front steps of her home as she returned from a date. He stared at Ruth and her companion for about a minute, then raised his hand and fired two shots. One shot hit Ruth and killed her. The defendant fled, disassembled the gun, and threw it in the woods. He was apprehended about an hour and forty minutes later at McLean Hospital,…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Turner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by127 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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