Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Anderson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 22, 2005PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
In April, 2002, the defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree on theories of extreme atrocity or cruelty (acting as a principal) and felony-murder (acting as both a joint venturer and a principal). He also was found guilty of armed robbery as both a principal and joint venturer and of illegal possession of a firearm as a principal.1 On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial judge erred in submitting the case to the jury on extreme atrocity or cruelty; failing to conduct a voir dire of a witness to determine whether a statement made by the defendant was voluntary;…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. CunneenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Lynch v. FiccoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. GouseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Powell v. TompkinsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
- Commonwealth v. TremblayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
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