Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Simpson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 9, 1976PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant appeals, pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from convictions of murder in the first degree, armed robbery, and breaking and entering in the daytime. He also appeals from the denial of motions for a new trial. There was no error.
The jury could have found that around sunrise on the morning of March 17,1974, the defendant and one Wardell Washington broke into an apartment at 51 Wellington Street in Worcester with the intent to rob the occupant, one Thomas Morris. Morris died from knife wounds inflicted by Washington while the defendant was also striking him repeatedly with a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- United States v. Clarence E. BraaschCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Irie E. Leonard, United States of America v. James L. SarvisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- James H. Ellis, Jr. v. United States of America, Alfred M. Watkins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by60 opinions
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