Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hall
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 13, 1976PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
The defendant (Hall) and a codefendant, Raymond J. White, were indicted, tried and convicted for the following crimes, all allegedly committed on August 14, 1971: murder in the first degree of Calvin Thorn, murder in the first degree of Harry T. Jeffreys, and armed robbery from the person of Thorn of $29,325 belonging to Freedom Foods, Inc. The jury returned their verdicts on March 21, 1972, before the decision on June 29, 1972, in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), relating to the death penalty, and made no recommendation that the death penalty be not imposed. G. L. c. 265, § 2. Each…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Ham v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. AmazeenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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